Crime & Safety

Blake Road Walgreens Robber Pleads Guilty

Vincent Mark Smith pleaded guilty to two counts of simple robbery.

A man who robbed three metro Walgreens—including of the —pleaded guilty last week to two counts of simple robbery, CBS Minnesota reports.

Vincent Mark Smith, a 25-year-old homeless man, after robbing three Walgreens between Nov. 18 and Nov. 23. In Hopkins, he walked into the store with a BB gun and demanded Percocet and Xanax. He later told police he robbed the first store “because he was desperate to sell the drugs for money.”

Smith is scheduled to be sentenced May 16.

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