Serial robber who held up area gas stations in 5 cities is sentenced to prison

WHIO Staff
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A 22-year-old Dayton man, convicted as a serial robber who hit gas stations from Warren to Greene counties, is going to prison for at least nine years, Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said Thursday afternoon.

Da’Sean McCleskey pleaded guilty in August to seven felony counts of aggravated robbery with a firearm. County Common Pleas Judge Robert Peeler sentenced him Thursday to nine to 10-and-a-half years in prison, Fornshell’s office said in a news release.

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MCleskey committed seven armed robberies of gas stations in Franklin, Moraine, Huber Heights, Beavercreek and Riverside from Dec. 21, 2021 through Jan. 19, 2022, according to the evidence gathered in the case. McCleskey walked into each gas station masked and armed, and held the clerk at gunpoint as he demanded money.

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Prior to the robberies, McCleskey was a delivery driver for Home City Ice and each of the businesses he targeted were customers to which he delivered, Fornshell’s office said.

Safety cameras were instrumental in identifying McCleskey’s personal vehicle as the one used in the robberies. Even though he tried to hide his identify by removing the license plate, license plate reader technology allowed police to ID the make and model of the car used in the robberies. Police used that information to match the vehicle to McCleskey.