Guilty verdict for Nashville man who shot security guard during inside job at Rite Aid
NASHVILLE, Tenn. October 12 2019-A Nashville man has been found guilty of crimes in a federal court stemming from robberies and the shooting of a security guard at a Rite Aid pharmacy in West End.
25-year-old Dionte Breedlove was found guilty of robberies affecting interstate commerce and using a firearm in crimes of violence.
Breedlove was charged in the robberies along with Carlos Valcarcel-Arocho, an employee of the Rite Aid at West End Avenue who allegedly texted Breedlove when the right time would be to come in and rob the store.
Valcarcel-Arocho posed as the victim in two robberies by Breedlove and helped stuff a bag with cash after opening the safe and register according to the complaint. During one of the robberies in 2017, Breedlove shot a security guard at close range in the chest, leaving the guard with a bullet lodged in his spine.
Breedlove faces a 17 years to life in prison and Valcarcel-Arocho faces 7 years to life. Both will be sentenced in February 2020.
