A Texarkana, Texas, man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 40 years in an Arkansas prison for aggravated robbery.

“I went in. I thought it was a cafe and I was going to buy a beer,” David Pierce said at his sentencing hearing this week before Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson. “It was some kind of casino and I saw him passing out money. I don’t remember what happened after that.”

Deputy Prosecutor Carlton Jones filled in the gaps for Pierce using police reports and witness statements.

“You asked him to give that money to you, and at some point you advised that if he di...