Last of five co-defendents sentenced in home-invasion robbery

The last of five co-defendents was sentenced Friday to 31 months in prison for her part in a home-invasion robbery in Vancouver’s Kevanna Park neighborhood.

Sierra J. Mott, 21, previously pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery in the Jan. 19, 2017, incident. Her sentencing was delayed so that she could finish college.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Superior Court, a group of armed men entered an apartment in the 3700 block of Northeast 109th Avenue and robbed the victims of jewelry, computers and a large amount of marijuana. The group — later identified as Mott, of Clackamas, Ore., and Portland residents Sammy Bulambo, 19, Kelyn C. Jones, 20, Savion I. Lockett, 20, and Mason S. Sinner, 20, — fled in a light-colored car. A short while later, Vancouver police stopped the vehicle on the north side of the Interstate 205 bridge.

Southbound traffic was temporarily shut down. Police said some of the stolen property was in plain sight, so they seized the car, according to court documents.

In February, Bulambo pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary and was sentenced to 20 months in prison. Also in February, Jones and Lockett were sentenced to 17-month prison stays after previously pleading guilty to first-degree burglary. Sinner was sentenced in March to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree burglary.

Mott’s defense attorney, Erin Bradley McAleer, said she was pressured into taking part in the robbery and had been a good student. She was visibly upset during her sentencing, prompting Superior Court Judge Daniel Stahnke to ask if she was OK to proceed. He handed down the punishment, which had been recommended by both the prosecution and the defense.

Mott will also serve 18 months community custody and was ordered not to contact the victims.