Man pleads guilty to Columbia restaurant robbery, sentenced to 10 years in prison
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who was accused of robbing a south Columbia restaurant in August 2024 he pleaded guilty to two felonies and a misdemeanor.
Regis Dorsey, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree robbery, first-degree kidnapping and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Previous reporting indicates that police were called on Aug. 18 to the 3900 block of South Providence Road and locked an employee of a restaurant in a walk-in freezer, while forcing another to give him $2,350 in cash. The restaurant’s name was not mentioned in court documents.
The employee who was locked in the walk-in still had his drive-thru headset on and alerted a drive-thru customer to call 911, court documents in previous reporting say.
Surveillance video from outside the restaurant allegedly showed the Dorsey changing clothes and throwing the outfit he wore during the robbery into a dumpster, court documents say.
