A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for stealing $600 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store.
Authorities say 48-year-old Robert Spellman went into the Circle K in the 200 block of West Cervantes Street and took 10 cartons of cigarettes from a locked manager’s office in the stock room on December 28.
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A jury in Pensacola convicted Spellman of burglary and grand theft in August. He was sentenced on Friday.
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The Pensacola News Journal reports that Spellman had 14 felony and 31 misdemeanour convictions prior to the cigarette theft, which qualified him as a habitual felony offender. That led to the lengthy 20-year prison sentence imposed Friday by an Escambia County judge.