Man Sentenced For Armed Robbery Of Newtown 7-Eleven

A Warminster man will serve four and a half to 10 years in state prison for a series of robberies committed last year throughout Bucks County, including one in Newtown.

Shane Wilcox-Wallace, 21, pleaded guilty to six robberies between January and April 2017.

Wilcox-Wallace told the judge he committed the robberies for money to buy drugs, saying he began using illegal drugs in his teens to cope with feelings of rejection and despair after being abandoned by his parents.

Wilcox-Wallace admitted to the following crimes:

• Robbing a 7-Eleven store in New Britain on Jan. 14, 2017 while wearing a ski mask and holding a gun.
• Robbing a man sitting in his car at Creek Apartments on March 9, 2017. He pointed a gun at his head, and took more than $500 cash and a cell phone.
• Robbing a 7-Eleven store at 100 S. Sycamore Street in Newtown on March 30, 2017 again wearing a ski mask and displaying a handgun.
• Was one of three who robbed a 7-Eleven store at 5401 Neshaminy Boulevard in Bensalem of more than $500 and $238 in cigarettes after pointing a gun at the cashier and a customer on April 7, 2017. Earlier the trio tried to rob a second Bensalem 7-Eleven store at 3508 Street Road, but fled after a clerk saw two of them approaching the store with face masks on.
• The group went to a Sunoco store at 890 E. Street Road in Warminster that same day, where Wilcox-Wallace waited outside after instructing the younger teens to commit the robberies, telling them to “remain confident and act like they were in charge," prosecutors said.
• The final robbery occurred on April 27, 2017 when Wilcox-Wallace arranged to meet a man who had posted his iPhone for sale on Craigslist for $375. The men met outside the same Warminster Sunoco that Wilcox-Wallace had helped rob three weeks earlier.

Wilcox-Wallace said he had “scared not only myself but other people. They had no idea if it was a real gun or a fake gun. I just feel terrible about that."

He told the judge he is now involved in AA and church functions in prison, and that his brother had offered to help him with employment when he is released from prison.

Following his prison time, he will serve five years of consecutive probation and must pay nearly $6,000 in restitution.

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