LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A man dubbed the "Silverware Bandit" was sentenced Friday in connection with a string of home burglaries targeting elderly women.
Jeffrey Wayne Langford, 56, was sentenced to 210 years to life in state prison for eight robberies in Santa Monica and West L.A. between June and Aug. 2008.
Langford's victims, aged 75 to 93, all lived alone in single story homes, according to the District Attorney's office.
He would break into the homes through a window and ask the victims for money, jewelry or silver.
In one crime, Langford attempted to choke the victim after she tried to stab him with a screwdriver. He also disabled another victim's medical alert monitor, preventing her from calling for help.
He was previously convicted in 1976 and 1982 for residential burglary.
Langford was convicted last February on eight counts of burglary, six counts of robbery, three counts of criminal threats, two counts of cutting a utility line, two counts of false imprisonment of an elder and one count of assault.
Jeffrey Wayne Langford, 56, was sentenced to 210 years to life in state prison for eight robberies in Santa Monica and West L.A. between June and Aug. 2008.
Langford's victims, aged 75 to 93, all lived alone in single story homes, according to the District Attorney's office.
He would break into the homes through a window and ask the victims for money, jewelry or silver.
In one crime, Langford attempted to choke the victim after she tried to stab him with a screwdriver. He also disabled another victim's medical alert monitor, preventing her from calling for help.
He was previously convicted in 1976 and 1982 for residential burglary.
Langford was convicted last February on eight counts of burglary, six counts of robbery, three counts of criminal threats, two counts of cutting a utility line, two counts of false imprisonment of an elder and one count of assault.
