Las Vegas Sun

April 23, 2024

Men who posed as Mormon missionaries sentenced in robbery

Two men who posed as religious missionaries to storm into a Las Vegas house have been sentenced to seven years to life in prison after being found guilty of kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges.

Abraham Austin Jr. and Robert Estall II were sentenced Tuesday, after a jury convicted them in September of charges also including conspiracy, armed burglary and battery.

the 29-year-old Austin and 26-year-old Estall used to serve in the Air Force together.

Prosecutors say they wore white shirts and black ties, pants and shoes of a style commonly worn by Mormon missionaries in the June 2013 home-invasion and beating of Terence Delucia.

Delucia testified that about an ounce of marijuana and $3,000 was stolen.

Neither man spoke during sentencing by Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt.

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