After complaining about the way his case had been handled by the judicial system, a 22-year-old Lebanon man was sentenced Wednesday to five to 10 years in state prison for robbing a city convenience store.

"The process of the court is very unfair," said Joel Quinones, 72 Lebanon Village, who had pleaded guilty to charges related to the robbery of a store at 502 Lehman St. on June 21.

"What is unfair?" Judge Samuel Kline asked Quinones. "Are you still pleading guilty?"

"Yes," Quinones replied.

Kline answered that the female store clerk "might say that isn't enough," referring to the prison term.

"I do not like the result, but it's OK," Quinones said.

"There are consequences for an action," Kline said. "Some are more severe than others."

Kline noted that Quinones entered the store, pointed what turned out to be a replica pistol at the clerk and said, "Give me money, or I'll shoot."

Although the gun was fake, "It's an armed robbery," Kline said. "You can't sugarcoat that. ... You're a 22-year-old man. You should have been out working, but you wanted to take the easy way out. You scared the bejeesus out of her."

According to court records, an eyewitness called police when he saw Quinones leave the scene in a sport utility vehicle. Police stopped the SUV, and Quinones left the vehicle, attempted to jump a fence and ran, at which time he was shot with a Taser gun.

Kline termed his sentence of Quinones "appropriate and severe."

"What (Quinones) did was terribly wrong," the judge said. "He's going to have to grow up and take responsibility."

Quinones had pleaded guilty to robbery, theft, possession of an instrument of crime, terroristic threats, resisting arrest and simple assault. Kline fined him $400.

In another case, Kline sentenced Quinones to five years of probation and fined him $250 for retail theft and criminal conspiracy.

On June 11, 10 days before the convenience store robbery, Quinones took $1,217 in hair products, a swimming pool, air conditioners, tools, toiletries, cups, medications and other merchandise from Wal-Mart, 1355 E. Lehman St., North Lebanon Township.

Quinones pleaded guilty to retail theft and criminal conspiracy.; 272-5611, ext. 152