Freetown Man Pleads Guilty to 2017 Robberies

A Freetown man is going to jail for 3 1/2 to 4 years after pleading guilty to two counts of unarmed robbery.

Freetown Police say 39-year-old Joseph Stec of Assonet this week admitted to carrying out robberies at Grampa's Place Gas Station in Assonet Village, and at a supermarket in Fall River's North End.

The robberies took place in back-to-back days in February of 2017.

Police used surveillance video from the supermarket to identify the suspect.

Stec was arrested several days later.