![Prison Sentence For ‘Desperate’ Rochester Robber](https://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2019/07/GARCIA.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Prison Sentence For ‘Desperate’ Rochester Robber
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A man described by police as “desperate” while he was being sought for an armed robbery in Rochester is now headed to prison.
21-year-old Jeremy Garcia went before an Olmsted County Judge on Thursday and entered a guilty plea to a 1st-degree aggravated robbery charge. In exchange, a related weapons charge was dropped and Garcia was sentenced to 9-years in prison.
His conviction stems from a hold-up at the Shell-Apollo Convenience Store along 4th Street Southeast on July 1st. Rochester Police say he displayed a handgun, and after demanding cash from the store clerk, he fled with about $1,000 dollars.
At the time, Garcia was wanted on a warrant issued by Mower County for failure to meet the terms of his probation for a robbery conviction last November. His criminal history also includes an arrest in Texas for a similar robbery in 2016.
More From KOLM - 1520 The Ticket
![Oronoco Burglary Suspect Found Topless in Trunk of Car](http://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2019/08/Kirsten_Hart.png?w=980&q=75)
![Woman Sentenced in Stewartville Embezzlement Case](http://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2019/08/RS25953_GettyImages-940403202-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Rochester Murder Suspect Held on $10 Million Bail](http://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2019/08/ABUKAR.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![$47.5 Million Judgment Against Former Rochester Superintendent](http://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2017/08/Romain_Dallemand.png?w=980&q=75)
![Crash in Mantorville Kills Bicyclist](http://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2019/08/Dodge.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Most Famous House in Minnesota](http://townsquare.media/site/717/files/2019/08/james-j-hill.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Hy-Vee Reports Data Breach in Payment Processing Systems](http://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2018/12/Hy-Vee-1.png?w=980&q=75)
![Social Media Post Threatens to ‘Shoot Up’ Albert Lea School](http://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2019/08/Albert_Lea_High_School.png?w=980&q=75)
![What’s Going in the Vacant Rochester Salvation Army Building](http://townsquare.media/site/717/files/2019/08/IMG_20190814_063327-e1565784484396.jpg?w=980&q=75)