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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A city man will spend up to six years behind bars on charges he threatened to blow a man&#8217;s head off following a gunpoint robbery last year.</p><p>Daysean Milika Henderson, 25, last known address of Lee Park Avenue, was sentenced to three to six years in state prison Monday by Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas on three felony counts each of robbery, a felony count of criminal conspiracy and one misdemeanor count each of simple assault and making terroristic threats.</p><p>He pleaded guilty to the charges in June, court records show.</p><p>Police say Henderson and two other men robbed auto parts seller Steve Brunson of $30 and stole his 2003 Chevrolet Silverado after setting up a bogus purchase of two motorcycles in July 2015. Brunson was struck twice in the head with a gun before Henderson and another man took off in the truck, which had both motorcycles in its bed, police say.</p><p>The other suspect fled in another vehicle, according to police.</p><p>Brunson chased down the Silverado and leapt into the bed, police say. The men stopped the vehicle and Henderson threatened to &#8220;blow his head off&#8221; if he didn&#8217;t get out. When the men drove off, Brunson jumped into the bed a second time. Henderson again warned him he&#8217;d fire if he didn&#8217;t exit the bed.</p><p>Brunson got out, but again jumped back into the bed as the men attempted to drive off, police say. He told investigators he gave up the chase after he heard guns cocking inside the cab and overheard one man say, &#8220;Go ahead.&#8221;</p><p>As Brunson fled, Henderson allegedly fired two rounds at him.</p><p>Police said Brunson later told them he found the Facebook page of a &#8220;Stackz Flexington,&#8221; who he said resembled the man who shot at him. Police recognized the man as Henderson and issued a warrant for his arrest.</p><p>Henderson was <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/502544/u-s-marshals-announce-arrest-of-robbery-suspect-in-wilkes-barre" target="_blank">arrested without incident in January</a> after U.S. Marshals conducted a traffic stop in conjunction with the Wilkes-Barre Police Department.</p><p>Lupas ordered Henderson to pay $522 in restitution to Brunson and to have no contact with him.</p><style>
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City man sentenced for threatening to blow another man’s head off