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Mass. man sentenced after stealing alcohol, threatening storeowner with knife, DA says
A man from Greenfield was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to stealing alcohol from two Northampton package stores and threatening a store owner with a knife, according to Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan's office.
Keith Shaw, 49, pleaded guilty to charges of armed robbery and shoplifting in connection with incidents in June 2024 when he walked off with $165 worth of alcohol from one package store and $79 worth of alcohol at another, prosecutors said.
Shaw was sentenced to three years in state prison on the armed robbery charge and a concurrent 1-year sentence in the Hampshire House of Correction on the shoplifting charge.
'The second incident escalated quickly from a shoplifting offense to an armed robbery when Mr. Shaw threatened the store owner with a knife,' Northwestern Assistant District Attorney Andrew Covington said. 'Fortunately, no one was injured.'
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