Home invasion robber sentenced to 12 years prison

An Oakland man involved in a Pleasanton home invasion robbery in August 2013 was sentenced to 12 years state prison on Dec. 3.

Jakari Amani Bolden, 25, pled to robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, said Sgt. Kurt Schlehuber.

Three other men were arrested in 2013 for their involvement for this crime.

Terrell Antoine Bailey, 26, of Oakland, Thomas Stokes, 31, of Hercules, and Myrick Leslie Rucker, 22, of Antioch, each pled to a charge of robbery, according to police.

Bailey, Stokes and Rucker are set to be sentenced at a later time.

Pleasanton police received a call Aug. 26, 2013 at approximately 12:37 p.m. from a resident on Roselma Place, reporting that she and her husband had been robbed at gunpoint five minutes earlier.

The woman told police that she had just arrived home, exited her vehicle and was attempting to close her garage door when she was confronted by three men armed with guns.

The men forced her into the house, where they confronted her husband as well, and demanded “the money,” said police reports.

The husband complied and gave the three men cash out of fear for his and his wife’s safety, police said.

According to police reports, the husband had spent the previous night gambling at Casino 580 in Livermore. After winning an undisclosed about of money, he took a cab home and fell asleep downstairs with the cash beside him in a bag.

The robbery occurred several hours later, police said.

Investigators from the Pleasanton Police Department and California Department of Justice Bureau of Gambling Control conducted an extensive follow up investigation, which revealed that Bailey and Stokes were at Casino 580 during the time the husband was gambling.

Police reports said the two men watched the victim throughout the night as he won a large amount of money and followed him home around 6:30 a.m.

Bolden was reportedly called during this time and met up with Bailey and Stokes.

The home invasion occurred approximately six hours later, said police.

During the robbery, one of the suspects dropped his cell phone inside the victim’s home — which police located during the initial investigation.

Police determined it belonged to Bolden.

The investigation revealed Bolden had returned to Pleasanton with Rucker and another subject and committed the robbery.

Multiple Bay Area agencies assisted the Pleasanton police on Oct. 24, 2013 in the service of search and arrest warrants in Oakland and Hercules — at the homes of Bolden, Bailey and Stokes.

All three men were taken into custody at that time. Rucker was arrested Nov. 6, 2013 at his Antioch home.