A Red Deer man was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court after pleading guilty to four convenience store and gas station robberies and one attempted robbery.
Steven Lee Pinch, 31, pleaded guilty to robbing the south Petro-Canada Gas Station on Oct. 3, robbing the south Gaetz Mac’s Store on Oct. 11, and robbing the Express 24 Gas on Howarth Street and the North Hill Store on Oct. 17.
During the Mac’s Store and North Hill Store robberies he brandished a knife.
In total, Pinch stole about $1,467.
He also pleaded guilty to attempted robbery of the Fas Gas in Riverside Meadows on Oct. 5.