7 years jail for underwear-clad robber

A Hartford, Wis., man convicted of robbing a convenience store and fleeing in his underpants has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment.

Patrick Bishop, 28, was sentenced by Washington County Circuit Judge David Resheske to seven years in prison followed by five months of extended supervision after he pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery with threat of force in September, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Thursday.

The criminal complaint against Bishop said he had entered the convenience store with a toy gun July 8. He shed his coveralls after leaving the store and fled on a bicycle with hundreds of stolen dollars stuffed into his underwear.

District Attorney Todd Martens said Bishop had told the court at an earlier hearing that he committed the crime to obtain money for cocaine.

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