CPD: Serial armed robber convicted at federal trial last year sentenced

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A serial armed robber convicted during a federal trial last year will spend the next several decades behind bars.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office, 36-year-old Deveon Belk has been sentenced to 589 months in prison.

Belk was given the 49 year maximum sentence for a string of armed robberies at several local businesses between October and November of 2020.

He was found guilty on 15 counts: seven counts of hobbs act robbery, seven counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of felon in possession of firearm and ammunition.

Also, he has 13 prior criminal convictions, including strong armed robbery, in a case that involved the theft of a vehicle and money while armed with a firearm; multiple criminal domestic violence convictions, including one involving physical violence against a woman while she was holding a child; grand larceny; failure to stop for police; and drug possession.