Man Who Threatened Rockford WingStop Employees with Gun Sentenced to 10.5 Years

Man who threatened Rockford WingStop employees with gun sentenced to 10.5 years

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A man with a gun who threatened employees at a Rockford WingStop has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. According to the U.S. Justice Department, in 2022, Steven Baxter, 40, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, was visiting Rockford and went into the restaurant, where he got into an argument with employees over his order. Authorities said that during the altercation, he threatened employees and displayed the gun, w…

Virgin Islands man sentenced to decade in federal prison after 2022 gun threat at Rockford restaurant

Baxter's illegal activities included possessing firearms as a felon and threatening people with a gun at a Rockford restaurant.