Man pleads in armed attack on Torrance street
A man who grabbed a woman at gunpoint on a Torrance street pleaded no contest today to robbery and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to a prosecutor.
Cornell Barber, 29, confronted the woman as she walked on Anza Avenue near Emerald Street around 1:30 a.m. on April 27.
After making small talk, he pulled out a gun and put his arm around her. He forced her toward secluded areas, but she screamed and fought him, according to her testimony at a preliminary hearing in August.
He eventually let her go after he groped her. She stopped a car and they called 911, and an off-duty police officer spotted him in the area.
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