Man pleads guilty to robbing Subway
ST. STEPHEN - The 26-year-old St. Stephen man charged with robbing a restaurant while wearing a mask and carrying a BB handgun pleaded guilty on Tuesday.
Nicholas Lee Jacob Scott, of Little Ridge, admitted to being an Oxycontin addict at a bail hearing on June 30. Scott said he hid his addiction from his family and in the days leading up to his offence was so consumed by the drug he could not sleep unless he had it.
At the bail hearing the RCMP testified that a person had called the RCMP at 1:50 a.m. on June 27 and reported a man acting suspiciously on Lisgar Street in St. Stephen. The citizen told police the man had parked a vehicle and left it on the street.
When RCMP went to check out the vehicle they found a cellphone belonging to Scott and told the citizen to call if the man returned.
At 2:23 a.m., officers said they were called to an armed robbery at the Subway Restaurant on King Street.
RCMP testified there was only one person working at the Subway on the night in question. The woman was approached by a man with a hat pulled down low and material covering most of his face. RCMP said they were told the man showed a handgun and demanded all of the money from the cash register. The man took the money, just over $200 in cash, and fled on foot.
RCMP said the restaurant had surveillance tape that showed something disturbing happening but did not show the man outside of the window.
A short time after the robbery was reported, police had a call from the citizen who said the man got in his car and left.
Police made patrols of the Little Ridge area, where the car was registered, and saw lights on a side road. When police approached the car they found that it was the same suspicious car they had checked out earlier with Scott inside.
Scott was arrested and the RCMP said he confessed his crime.
The court heard that Scott had dropped his common-law spouse at work and sat in the car contemplating what to do. The court heard that Scott had money in his pocket but was worried he would get in trouble from family if he spent it on drugs.
Police later found the cash and handgun, which turned out to be an unloaded BB gun, in a hay stack where Scott told them he hid them.
At the bail hearing Scott was crying, apologizing and mouthing the words "I love you" to his visibly shaken family members that filled the front row.
He vowed to the court that he was done with drugs and was released to the custody of his parents under strict house arrest provisions until Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Scott appeared calm and straight-faced as he pleaded guilty to the robbery with a weapon and masking his face.
Judge David Walker denied a request to alter his house arrest provisions to allow him to do work on his family's land and said he would not be remanding him to jail. Scott will return to court on Aug. 14 at 1:30 p.m. for sentencing.
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