A man who stole lottery ticket prize money from a 75-year-old woman in a Denver grocery store parking lot pleaded guilty today.
Leonard Fabio Bedon, 33, of Denver pleaded guilty to felony robbery, and prosecutors dropped two other charges, robbery of an at-risk adult and theft from an at-risk adult, both felonies.
Bedon faces at least six years in prison when he is sentenced on April 5.
The woman had just collected her lottery ticket winnings the morning of Sept. 17, and was returning to her car when Bedon jumped out of a truck, grabbed her purse, returned to his truck and drove away.
Bedon had been behind the woman in line inside the store. A witness saw his license plate number, which led to his arrest, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office.
Bedon is in the Denver County Jail under $20,000 bond. His previous run-ins with police included only traffic offenses, public records indicate.
