Delatorre found guilty in Fayetteville taxi robbery

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Alberto Delatorre Jr. was found guilty of being an accomplice to aggravated robbery and theft of property for his role in robbing a Fayetteville taxi driver last summer. He was sentenced to 10 years and a $250 fine.

Dominic Greetan, a driver for NWA Taxi, said he had just dropped someone off at a residence on Betty Jo Drive and had pulled over to write a report and smoke when three men approached him. Two asked for a cigarette while one slipped up behind, held a machete to his throat and threatened to kill him if he did not give them money.

Delatorre and Marco Alverez-Guzman were identified as the men who distracted Greetan while Javaughntaiye Willis, 21, brandished the machete.

Guzman, 18, pleaded guilty to robbery in Washington County Circuit Court last year. Guzman was charged as an adult and sentenced to 20 years at the Arkansas Department of Correction with three years suspended. He was given credit for 126 days jail time served. The plea bargain also called for Guzman to testify against his co-defendants if necessary.

Willis is awaiting trial on felony aggravated robbery and terroristic threatening charges related to the taxi robbery.