Teen Gets 20 Years For Armed Robbery Of 15th Street Wendy's

TUSCALOOSA, AL — A Tuscaloosa teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after entering a guilty plea to the armed robbery of the Wendy's on 15th Street in 2019.

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Terrance Leroy Wilson, 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree robbery and unrelated charges of second-degree assault and first-degree receiving stolen property in connection to the incident.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department said Thursday that Wilson was one of two men who ambushed a restaurant employee from behind a dumpster at 4 a.m. on June 28, 2019.

TPD then said the masked men then followed the employee into the store, before one of the suspects fired a shot that hit the building as they ran inside.

Captain Kip Hart, commander of TPD’s Criminal Investigations Division, said a suspect pointed a handgun at a worker who was inside closing up the restaurant, but employees were able to run to safety. He said one of the suspects took a cash drawer from the office that contained $250.

“Investigators worked diligently to locate video, track down evidence and find witnesses who provided good information about the suspects and their movements before and after the robbery,” Hart said.

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