A Texas man has received a 99-years, to life in prison, for stealing a cell phone.

Glenn Alvin Reed, 31, was convicted of robbery, Thursday, in a Waco courtroom, for stealing a cell phone from a man's truck, and then beating him after the victim demanded the phone be returned.

It took a jury all of 15 minutes to convict Reed, who has a previous felony record of similar acts of theft and assault of victims.

Reed has over 15 misdemeanor convictions and 12 criminal trespassing convictions, automatically raising the sentencing for his current crime to 25 years in prison, as a repeat offender for each charge.