A Twin Cities man has admitted in federal court to robbing five gas stations in the metro area last summer with a Glock replica airsoft pistol.
Mohamed Zaki Mohamed Elsayed, 28, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to interference with commerce by robbery in connection with the robberies at Speedway stores in Eagan, Roseville, Mounds View, New Brighton and Fridley between late June and mid-June . July last year.
Elsayed waited in a getaway car while an accomplice robbed the Mounds View store of $354 with what appeared to be a semiautomatic handgun. Elsayed executed the four others — making off with $2,240 — while wearing a mask and brandishing a “real-looking semiautomatic handgun,” court documents say.
Elsayed admitted that each of the robberies used the airsoft gun law enforcement officers found in his home, according to a plea agreement. He faces between 51 and 63 months in prison at sentencing, which has not yet been scheduled.
