SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – A suspect who robbed four different Saratoga Springs businesses, claiming he had a gun, has pleaded guilty to the robberies. Justin P. Rock admitted in court that he robbed the four businesses between February 19th and February 21st.
According to court documents, Rock entered four separate businesses in downtown Saratoga Springs, indicated that he had a firearm, and demanded cash from the register.
“Between those dates, Rock entered the X-Tra Mart, Smoke n’ Save, Post Time Wine and Spirts, and I Love New York Pizza and made away with collectively hundreds of dollars in cash,” District Attorney Heggen said. “Rock, in fact, robbed three separate business in such a manner on February 21st—two of them less than ten minutes apart.”
“As I have stated previously,” said Heggen “Thanks to the experience of the Criminal Investigations Unit of the Saratoga Springs Police Department we were able to gather, analyze, and act upon a tremendous amount of video and physical evidence within a short period of time. Given their seasoned professionalism we were able to quickly apprehend Justin Rock before he was able to harm anyone else. Given the volume of evidence they were able to gather, we were able to bring about a just resolution to all four (4) cases which will hopefully discourage others from following in Justin Rock’s footsteps.”