Oakland Man Sentenced to Prison for Nearly Half-Century

OAKLAND, CA — A hotel employee has been sentenced to 46 years in state prison for his convictions for mayhem with the use of a firearm as well as two counts of assault and robbery for attacking three female victims in two separate incidents four years ago.

David Lee Anderson, 47, was convicted of those offenses on Sept. 8, 2014, but through a series of legal maneuvers, including changing his lawyers several times, he avoided being sentenced for nearly two years until he was finally sentenced on Friday.

Alameda County prosecutors said Anderson robbed a 17-year-old girl near a corner store at 19th Avenue and East 21st Street in East Oakland on Nov. 9, 2012.

Prosecutors said he repeatedly slammed the girl's head against the store's wall while he was trying to take her cellphone and ultimately caused her to suffer a concussion.

Anderson then kicked the girl's 14-year-old relative in the head when she tried to intervene and protect the 17-year-old from the attack. He fled the scene after taking the 17-year-old's cellphone, prosecutors said.

Five days later, on Nov. 14, 2012, Anderson shot a woman in her right pinky finger while she was seated in her car in the driveway of a residence on Pearmain Street and 107th Avenue in East Oakland while she was
involved in an altercation with his girlfriend, according to prosecutors.

After shooting the woman, who had to have her pinky amputated, Anderson accidentally shot himself in the leg while fleeing the scene, prosecutors said.

— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock