Crime & Safety

Blake Road Robber Receives 67 months

Vincent Mark Smith serve four concurrent sentences in St. Cloud.

The homeless man who robbed the received a 67-month prison sentence Wednesday for a spree in which he hit three Walgreens between Nov. 18 and Nov. 23, according to Minnesota court records.

Vincent Mark Smith, 26, received the following sentences:

  • 67 months in prison and a $50 fine for one count of first-degree aggravated robbery,
  • 58 months in prison and a $50 fine for one count of first-degree aggravated robbery and
  • 18 months in prison and a $50 fine for two counts of simple robbery.

All the sentences are to be served concurrently. Smith will receive credit for 173 days served.

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Smith robbed the Hopkins Walgreens by walking into the store with a BB gun and demanding Percocet and Xanax. He later told police he robbed the first Walgreens “because he was desperate to sell the drugs for money.”

 

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