SAN FRANCISCO — A 35-year-old Richmond man pleaded guilty Thursday to robbing an East Bay pharmacy at gunpoint in 2024, as well as possessing a fully automatic handgun and ammunition as a convicted felon earlier this year in San Francisco, prosecutors said.
In pleading guilty, Mario Robinson admitted he used a paintball gun that appeared to be an AR-style rifle to rob a CVS in Pleasanton on July 9, 2024, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Robinson made off with an entire cash drawer containing exactly $247.22.
Robinson boarded a BART train after the robbery, but authorities were able to track his movements using a GPS device hidden in the cash drawer, prosecutors said. Authorities arrested Robinson and recovered a duffle bag containing the clothes he wore during the robbery, the cash drawer and the AR-style paintball gun.
Prosecutors said Robinson also…
