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Rochester Man Sent to Prison for Violent Robbery
Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - A Rochester man has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for his role in a violent robbery earlier this year.
20-year-old Ali Robida and 18-year-old Jacob Meier robbed the Gamestop store in northwest Rochester on February 19th.
Meier told police he struck a 23-year-old store employee on the head with a hammer during the robbery. The victim suffered a fractured skull and had to undergo emergency surgery.
According to the complaint, Meier told police Robida “owed a debt to a drug dealer and the robbery was an effort to obtain funds to pay that debt.” Police later learned Robida had sold 16 video games to a pawn store in Duluth two days after the robbery. They were apparently taken during the Rochester robbery.
Meier pleaded guilty in September and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
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