A Blairsville man charged with robbing a convenience store in Armagh twice was sentenced yesterday in Indiana County Court.
29-year-old Nicholas Empfield went before Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco on Friday to be sentenced on guilty pleas of Robbery and Theft in one case and burglary in a second case. Both cases were connected with robberies at the One-Stop Service Station in Armagh that happened on December 23rd of 2021 and January 7th of 2022. In the first incident, he allegedly stole over $3000 from the gas station register and a lock box. In the second incident, he allegedly assaulted a female employee and stole money from the PA Lottery cash register. For all three charges, he was ordered to serve 15 months to four years in a state correctional institution, with Judge Bianco ordering all sentences to run concurrently.
Also sentenced yesterday was Brian Scot Davenport, who was caught by police trying to flee a drug-related arrest in Blairsville on March 2nd of last year. Police found large quantities of heroin, cocaine, meth and marijuana along with over $9000 in cash and several firearms at the West Iron Alley apartment. He was also sentenced for a case from October of last year where he pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license and fleeing or eluding police. The third case was also from October of last year, where he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver and prohibited possession of a firearm. With all the sentences ordered to run concurrently he will serve up to 13 years in state prison, and a year of probation after his release.
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