Albany County District Attorney's Office: 18 To Life For Persistent Violent Felon Who Committed Multiple Knifepoint Store Robbe ...

Press release from Albany County District Attorney's Office:

October 22, 2021

ALBANY, NY -  District Attorney P. David Soares announced today that TODD ROGERS, 54, of Albany, was sentenced to 18 years to Life in State Prison before the Honorable Roger D. McDonough in Albany County Court this morning.
ROGERS previously pleaded guilty to (1) Count of Attempted Robbery in the First Degree, a Class C Violent Felony. Based on ROGERS' criminal history, the Court deemed him a persistent violent felon.
On April 24, 2021, at approximately 2:35 P.M., officers from the Albany Police Department responded to a liquor store at 795 Madison Avenue for reports of a robbery. Upon arrival, the victim told officers a man entered the store, threatened them with a knife and demanded cash. The victim complied and the man fled with an undetermined amount of cash.
The following day, on April 25, 2021, at approximately 10:30 A.M., officers responded to a separate store located at 845 Madison Avenue for reports of a robbery. There, the victim told responding officers that a man came behind the counter and demanded cash from the register. The victim complied and the man fled with cash.
On April 29, 2021, at approximately 1:50 P.M., an employee from the same store located at 845 Madison Avenue reported to police that ROGERS had once again entered the store and demanded cash from the register. The victim told officers that the suspect also came behind the counter during the robbery and threatened them with a knife.
Senior Assistant District Attorney Joseph Brucato of the Major Offense Bureau prosecuted this case.
For more information please contact Cecilia Walsh at (518) 275-4710 or cecilia.walsh@albanycountyny.gov

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