SEATTLE – One of two men who robbed a marijuana store at gunpoint was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 11.5 years in prison and five years of supervised release for three federal felonies.

Eric Woodberry, 23, was convicted in June of robbery, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and a firearms charge. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Richard Jones described the robbery as “a very aggressive, very violent action on your part”, adding that the “victims were terrified.”

According to records in the case, Woodberry and co-defendant Bradford Johnson robbed Rainier Cannabis in Mountlake Terrace in 2017. The men entered the store carrying a stolen short-barreled rifle and a handgun. Both wore masks. They forced the employees onto the floor, took their phones and then ordered two of the employees to fill large bags with marijuana products and cash. When they saw police arriving at the front of the store, they ran out the back and attempted to hide from police in the nearby neighborhood.

With the assistance of a police K-9, officers located Woodberry hiding in a boat trailered next to a house a few blocks from the store. Johnson was located a short time later.

Court records detail Woodberry’s link to two other robberies and a Seattle burglary.

His accomplice Johnson is scheduled for sentencing on November.