Sacramento Armed Robbery, Sexual Assault Suspect Pleads Guilty

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - A man who went on a spree of armed robberies throughout Sacramento County last year is facing a sentence of 31 years to life after pleading guilty.

Kenju Osborne pled guilty on Tuesday to six armed robberies and sexual assault, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office. The crimes were committed between May 16 and June 1 of last year.

In each robbery, Osborne pointed a handgun at the employees and demanded their money and personal property. During one robbery at the Pavilions Shopping Center, Osborne sexually assaulted a female employee.

Detectives from the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department worked with the Sparks Police Department in Nevada to apprehend Osborne after he committed an attempted robbery in Sparks. Sparks police arrested him at a Reno hotel after his own mother implicated him in the robberies, according to the Sparks Tribune.

DNA analysis conducted by the District Attorney's Crime Lab identified Osborne as the suspect in the Pavilions Shopping Center sexual assault and robbery.

Osborne will receive a term of 31 years to life in prison when he is sentenced July 13, the DA's office said.