AN ARMED ROBBERY SPREE PUTS AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN BEHIND BARS FOR TEN YEARS AFTER SENTENCING IN FEDERAL COURT TUESDAY.
PIZZA, BURRITOS, DONUTS, AND CHICKEN…JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT THE EYE OF 23 YEAR OLD JOSE RODRIGUEZ IN THE SUMMER OF 2014. HE ROBBED EIGHT STORES BETWEEN JUNE 29TH AND EARLY AUGUST OF THAT YEAR, INCLUDING THREE ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS BETWEEN AUGUST 5TH AND 7TH.
HIS TARGETS INCLUDED A PAPA JOHNS PIZZA, KRISPY CREME DONUTS, CHURCH’S CHICKEN AND TWISTERS…ALONG WITH A BAKERY AND THREE GAS STATIONS. HE HAD ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA TO THE CHARGES BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.