SIKESTON — A Sikeston man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for robbery of a Cape Girardeau, Mo., grocery store.
Harvee Pratcher, 30, was sentenced to 144 months imprisonment on one felony count of interference with commerce by robbery, and one felony count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He appeared before United States District Judge Audrey Fleissig.
At his plea hearing on Jan.18, Pratcher admitted that on Oct. 1, 2017, he and Odell Thompson entered the Cape Girardeau Food Giant store and demanded that a worker give them cash from the store. Both men wore masks and Thompson carried a handgun. Thompson then stole the worker’s vehicle and drove it to meet Pratcher at a location near the store.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cape Girardeau Police Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, the Chaffee Police Department, and the Scott County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Keith D. Sorrell handled the prosecution for the Government.