Whitten sentenced to 16 years for Aggravated Robbery at Home Depot

The third jury of Lamar County found Garrett Whitten guilty of Aggravated Robbery on Friday. Whitten was caught shoplifting from Home Depot and pulled a gun on an asset protection employee who tried to stop him while threatening to kill the employee if they called the police.

Whitten refused an attorney and also refused to speak during nearly all court proceedings; he did not make an opening statement or ask any questions of witnesses.

Whitten was sentenced to 16 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Lamar County District Attorney Gary Young said, “This week, our citizens worked very hard to resolve these cases. Another twenty cases were resolved by guilty pleas this month rather than face a Lamar County jury.”

The cases were all tried in the 6th District Court before Judge Wes Tidwell. Whitten was prosecuted by Stallings and Kaminar and chose to represent himself.