A Confessed Robber Sentenced in Upshur County

GILMER – An Upshur County Jury has given a man, responsible for many robberies, a lengthy prison sentence. The jury in 115th State District Court sentenced Gerald Michaul Hiam Jr. 30, of Dallas, to 75 years in prison. He was also fined $10,000. Hiam was accused of robbing a store on Highway 154 back on April 17th. He used the money to buy heroin and then drove to Dallas where he robbed a student at Coppell High School and a mother in a store’s parking lot. He testified in his defense and admitted under cross examination there were multiple crimes he had committed in which he had not been caught.