Roby sentenced to 43 years for kidnapping, robbery

An Enterprise man charged with domestic violence and first degree robbery was sentenced to 43 years in prison by Circuit Judge Tom Head Jan. 5.

Antrade Demonde Roby, 32, was found guilty of both charges by an Enterprise jury Nov. 13, 2015.

He had remained in Coffee County Jail pending sentencing last week. Head sentenced Roby to 276 months on the robbery conviction and 240 months on the kidnapping conviction. The sentences will run concurrently.

Enterprise Police had arrested Roby on Christmas Day in 2014 on two counts of third degree domestic violence. He was again arrested Dec. 31, 2014 and charged with first-degree robbery in connection with the Christmas Day incident, which resulted in the hospitalization of his female victim.

At the time of Roby’s arrest, Enterprise Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Billy Haglund said that on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2014, between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 a.m., Roby assaulted the victim in her home at knifepoint.

Roby then forced the victim to leave the residence in a vehicle, and withdraw money from an ATM.

“The victim was assaulted multiple times for several hours before being released by the suspect at Medical Center Enterprise,” Haglund said at that time. “The victim was treated at MCE for injuries from the assault.”

Haglund said that at 10:50 a.m. Dec. 25, 2014, Enterprise police responded to the 100 block of Woodfield Place in Enterprise on a domestic violence report.

“While en route to the call, patrol officers observed the suspect’s vehicle travelling on Glover Avenue,” Haglund said. “Patrol Officers received information that the suspect was armed and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle.”

Haglund said that following a slow speed pursuit, Roby stopped at MCE and was ordered out of the vehicle multiple times.

Roby, who was not armed, surrendered to police and was taken into custody without further incident, Haglund said.

At the sentencing hearing Jan. 5, two people testified on Roby’s behalf. Both described Roby’s toxic relationship with the victim. Both concurred that Roby “is a real good guy, a good person who just made a terrible mistake that da ” and called his relationship with the victim “dangerous” and “pathetic.”

Twelfth Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Josh Wilson told the court that Roby has six prior felony convictions. “All are drug related, all are financial related,” Wilson said as he displayed photos of the visibly battered face of the victim taken in the hospital. “Nobody deserves to have that happen to her,” Wilson said.

Head asked the victim, who was seated throughout the hearing beside Wilson, for her opinion of what should happen to Roby. “I’d like to hear what she has to say,” Head said.

“I just want him and his friends to leave me alone so I can move forward with my life,” she told the judge, adding that she suffers from anxiety. “I don’t feel comfortable with him being in the same state.”