Holiday robbery defendant sentenced to prison

By RICHARD JENKINS

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Bessemer — The man found guilty of attempting to rob the Ironwood Holiday gas station was sentenced to prison Tuesday in Gogebic County Circuit Court.

Chadd Mathias Andert, 36, was sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon. He received a jail credit of 383 days for time served prior to his sentence.

A jury found Andert guilty of the charge Nov. 7. It was one of several options the jury had to pick from, but they could only find him guilty of a single charge if they chose to convict on anything.

The charges stem from Dec. 29, 2016, when Andert approached the night clerk at the U.S. 2 gas station at around 2 a.m.

Andert told the clerk to call 911 and report a robbery, according to Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs, before briefly pulling a pair of knives out of his pocket.

Andert returned them to his coat and “waited politely for the police to arrive,” Jacobs said in November.

Andert’s attorney, Doug Muskett, argued during the trial that his client was down on his luck and his actions were less of a robbery and more of a way to get food and shelter.