Overview
- Caden James Fontenette pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an October robbery at the Bulldog Express in Nederland, Texas.
- Surveillance video shown in court depicted three assailants roughing up a clerk and pointing what appeared to be rifles at his face.
- Judge Raquel West said pre-sentence findings and jail incident reports showed repeated violence, labeling Fontenette a high-risk offender.
- The sentence makes Fontenette eligible for parole after serving half of the 25-year term, roughly 12.5 years.
- Chief prosecutor Tommy Coleman urged a long sentence to deter gun violence, and courtroom deputies intervened after the defendant’s family reacted to the ruling.