Bridgeport Man Sentenced In Violent Restaurant Robbery

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport man has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for his role in a violent Bridgeport restaurant robbery in 2017, according to a statement from Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Jermaine Ogrinc, 35, will also serve three years of supervised release.

According to prosecutors, Ogrinc and three other men entered the La Sabrosura Restaurant on East Main Street in Bridgeport Nov. 29, 2017, at 8 p.m. Two of the robbers were armed with guns and forced two workers and a customer into the kitchen and ordered them to lie on the floor with their hands behind their heads.

Another person who was in a back room and heard screaming ran from the restaurant and flagged down the police.

One of the robbers took a cellphone from one of the victims and cash from another, and the robbers attempted to break into an ATM in the restaurant. After spotting police, Ogrinc and the other robbers fled, according to prosecutors.

Police caught Ogrinc a short time later near the restaurant. He later admitted to his role in the robbery, according to prosecutors.

Ogrinc has been detained since his arrest. He pleaded guilty to one count of Hobbs Act Robbery in March.