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Lancaster man gets 35 to life for robbing, assaulting bar patron

by The AV Times Staff • April 11, 2016

LANCASTER – A Lancaster man with two prior strikes was sentenced Friday to 35 years to life in state prison for his role in assaulting a bar patron with rocks and robbing him, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Chase Lee Collins, 28, was convicted Jan. 29 of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and second-degree robbery in connection with an attack last July 18 near Schooners Patio Grille in Lancaster.

Collins had two prior strikes — robbery in 2009 and assault with a deadly weapon by a prisoner in 2010, according to Deputy District Attorney Steven Mac.

Co-defendant Robert Gerald Zygo, 29, was also convicted of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and second-degree robbery. He is facing eight years in state prison, with sentencing set April 20 in Lancaster, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

The case stems from an incident that occurred July 18, 2015, in Lancaster.

Shortly past midnight, the victim walked into Schooners Patio Grille where he recognized the two defendants as past acquaintances, the prosecutor said. Soon after, the three walked to an isolated area where an argument began over a years-old dispute over marijuana sales and theft, according to evidence presented at the trial.

Collins and Zygo punched, choked, and hit the victim with rocks picked up from the ground, the prosecutor added. The two went through the man’s pockets while he was on the ground and took his cellphone, keys, wallet, and $1,300 in cash that the victim said was rent money, according to court testimony.

Once the assault was over, the defendants snuck back into the bar, but the victim was denied entry because of his visible injuries, the prosecutor said.

The case was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Lancaster Station.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

6 comments for "Lancaster man gets 35 to life for robbing, assaulting bar patron"

  1. Archibold says

    April 12, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    Mandatory medical experimentation should be required

  2. Shane Falco says

    April 11, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Sewer sludge…

    • Tim Scott says

      April 11, 2016 at 11:26 pm

      So, not a brother officer then?

      I mean, that’s your only differentiation line, right? Cops and firemen are “the good guys” and everyone else is “sewer sludge” in your view, apparently…or have you overstated your disgusting view on humanity?

      • Shane Falco says

        April 12, 2016 at 4:49 am

        A two strike doper fighting about old dope deals, chokes the other guy and smashes him with rocks, robs him, then proceeds to go back into a bar like nothing happened. I’m sure the first two victims of his robbery and ADW are happy too that DA Mac flushed the toilet on these two.

        • Cleo Watts Jr says

          April 12, 2016 at 12:31 pm

          Exactly, sewer sludge. Only a flaming lib would come to the defense of a piece of crap like this fool described above. I’m waiting for the “that’s kind of a harsh sentence don’t you think?” The POS was a 2 striker, which means, for you libs among us, that he was convicted of two serious or violent felonies in the past. Not to mention the dozens of crimes he committed but didn’t get caught for, then he served prison time, then he was promised by the judge that another felony would land him in the slammer for 25 to life, so then he F####D up again! No libs, doesn’t have anything to do with cop, fireman, lineman, car salesman. It has to do with his actions. Someone asked in a previous post “do you think that makes you better than them?” Uhhh…YES, it DOES make me better than them, holier than them, smarter than them, whatever you want to call it. Nothing more than a few traffic tickets, yes, I am better than the crooks on this page. Truth hurts, doesn’t it Timothy?

          • Tim Scott says

            April 12, 2016 at 1:49 pm

            Truth doesn’t hurt me. Does it hurt you Cleo? Have you ever told the truth to find out?

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