Florida man gets 20 YEARS in prison after he walked into a grocery store and stole 10 cartons of cigarettes worth just $600
- Robert Spellman, 48, stole $600 worth of cigarettes and got 20-years in prison
- He had 14 prior felony convictions when he was handed his heavy sentence
- With his previous convictions he is considered a habitual offender
A Florida man who stole $600 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison.
A jury in Pensacola convicted 48-year-old Robert Spellman of burglary and grand theft in August.
Authorities say he 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.
With Robert Spellman’s (pictured left) 14 previous felony convictions the judge threw the book at him, sentencing him to 20-years in prison (right, Circle K he stole from)
Spellman stole $600 worth of cigarettes and was sentenced to 20-years in prison (file image)
He was sentenced Friday.
The Pensacola News Journal reports that Spellman had 14 felony and 31 misdemeanor 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.
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