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Prospect man sent to prison for robbing Medford Safeway A Prospect man will head to prison after a jury deliberated until 1 a.m. Wednesday and found him guilty of robbing a Safeway store last fall. After a six-day trial, Shawn Wayne Stover, 28, was convicted of two counts of first-degree robbery and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The jury reached its verdict after deliberating more than 10 hours. No sentencing date has been set. Under state guidelines, a first-degree robbery conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 months in prison. Stover entered the store at 1101 W. Main St., Medford, with a firearm just after midnight Sept. 28. He held four store employees and three customers at gunpoint, police said. After the store manager gave him money, he fled to a car across the street. Deputy district attorney Debbie Minder said $2,100 was found in the car's back seat. "We are very happy with the results of the trial," said Medford police Lt. Tim George. "Medford's a safer place to live and work now that Mr. Stover's going to be incarcerated for an extended period of time." Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA