Two men were sentenced to prison on June 9 for stealing more than $64,000 from two Food Lion stores, according to a press release from the Norfolk Federal Attorney’s Office.

Delton Lavon Clemons, 33, plead guilty On April 19, he was sentenced to “four years and eight months in prison, suspended for four years” for “robbery, possession of theft equipment, and grand theft.” His suspended sentence is conditional on 20 years of good conduct, indefinite supervised probation, and $32,473 in damages to Foodlion,” the press release said. read.

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Zachery Michael Bessie, 32, pleaded guilty on April 13 to two counts of robbery, two counts of grand theft, and two counts of conspiring to commit robbery and robbery, and was sentenced to “30 years in prison, 27 years in prison and 9 years in prison.” received a verdict. According to the press release, he will be “suspended for several months” and paid $32,473 in damages. (Related: Man with blue hair allegedly used fake ‘duckhunt’ pistol to rob convenience store)

According to a press release, both men were charged with what federal prosecutor Ramin Fatehi called “serious and premeditated” crimes, and will be held at the Food Lion in Norfolk after 1 a.m. on Nov. 4 and Dec. 6, 2021. It is said that two stores were robbed. The men reportedly used tools including a reciprocating saw, an escape ladder and an electric angle grinder. Bessie also leveraged his experience as an electrician and knowledge of Food Lion store layouts from his days as a Food Lion employee, the press release said.

Clemons and Bessie also received additional one and two years in prison, respectively, for a similar robbery of a Virginia Beach Food Lion store that they pleaded guilty to in 2022, according to a press release. The Norfolk and Virginia Beach judgments are enforced consecutively.