Massachusetts man pleads guilty to 2015 robbery at Spotsylvania store

A person linked to a sequence of armed robberies in Virginia and elsewhere pleaded responsible Monday to a 2015 theft in Spotsylvania County.

Michael J. Seltzinger, 34, of Brewster, Massachusetts, pleaded responsible to theft in Spotsylvania Circuit Courtroom. As a part of a plea settlement, prices of housebreaking and a firearms offense have been dropped.

Seltzinger will face a sentence of between 5 years to life in jail when he’s sentenced at a later date.

In keeping with court docket data, the Spotsylvania theft occurred Nov. 23, 2015, at Valero at 5116 Mudd Tavern Street.

Seltzinger positioned a Mountain Dew on the counter as if he was going to buy it. When the proprietor opened the money register, the defendant displayed a handgun and mentioned, “I’m not going to harm you, transfer again.”

The robber took $300 from the register tray and fled south on Interstate 95 in a small purple automobile.

Seltzinger was recognized because the robber after his fingerprints have been recovered from the soda he left behind. Courtroom data state that the theft was considered one of eight in Virginia tied to Seltzinger between Nov. 15 and Dec. 12 of that yr. The heists befell between Richmond and Fairfax County.

He was arrested in Brewster on Dec. 15, 2015, following an identical theft there.