A suspect in a Wetumpka robbery case was handed a federal prison sentence last year.
Roddrecius Lavelle Goldsmith, 34, of Montgomery, will spend 13 years in federal prison plus another five years on supervised release.
Last Monday, Goldsmith pled guilty to attempted sodomy in state circuit court to clear up the charges not taken by federal prosecutors.
Chief assistant district attorney Many Johnson told Judge Joy Booth that Goldsmith attempted to extort oral sex from the victim during the robbery.
Booth sentenced Goldsmith to nine and half years in state prison for the attempted sodomy charge.
The Wetumpka Police Department originally investigated the case after a clerk at a convenience store on U.S. Highway 231 pushed a panic button on Jan. 20, 2023, after a suspect left with $79 following an assault and robbery.
The encounter started as many do between the clerk and customer. But state court documents stated Goldsmith asked the clerk to go to the restroom with him.
“(The victim) said she doesn’t think her husband would like that,” state court documents said. “(Goldsmith) pulled out a handgun and pulled her into the bathroom, pushed her down to her knees and hit her multiple times around the head.”
The documents said Goldsmith demanded sexual acts from the victim.
“(The victim) pushed back (Goldsmith) and he dragged her to the cash register and made her open it,” the documents state. “(Goldsmith) took the money and went out of the store.”
The victim then locked the doors, hit the panic alarm and called 911.
“(She) locked herself in the bathroom,” the documents state. “Moments later (Goldsmith) returned and fired one round from his pistol into the front door in order to retrieve his vehicle’s keys that he had left inside during the robbery and assault.”
The victim was transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries, court records state.
The clerk identified Goldsmith from a photo lineup.
Investigators found a spent .380 shell casing at the store after the robbery. During Goldsmith’s arrest, officers also recovered a Taurus 380 pistol with a magazine, 27 rounds of ammunition and two cell phones.
There is no parole in the federal prison system. Goldsmith will serve all 13 years in prison before his five years of supervised release.
