Jordan Arnold Groninger, 29, Burlington, will serve about five years in prison for robbing three gas stations and burglarizing the Quality Inn in Minot in June and July.

Groninger pleaded guilty to three Class B felony charges of robbery with a firearm and one Class C felony charge of burglary on Thursday.

Judge Richard Hagar sentenced him to serve four years flat time on each of the robbery charges. The sentences are concurrent. The state also revoked Groninger’s probation on a 2017 drug dealing conviction and he was re-sentenced to four years flat time in that case. The sentences on the robberies are concurrent with the sentence on the probation revocation. Groninger was sentenced to five years, with a requirement that he serve one year, on the burglary offense. The sentence on the burglary is consecutive to the sentences on the probation revocation and the three robberies. Groninger will also be on supervised probation for three years.

Hagar also ordered Groninger to have no contact with any of the victims, to pay court costs and restitution yet to be determined.

The four year sentences on the robberies are mandatory under state law because Groninger used a gun in commission of the crimes.

Groninger robbed the Shell gas station at Marketplace Foods, located at 2216 16th Street NW, on June 23 and the Mobil gas station at 2625 North Broadway on June 30. In each instance he brandished a handgun at a store employee and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Groninger also attempted to rob the Racers gas station, located at 1500 37th Avenue SW in Minot, on July 6. He was unsuccessful in that attempt and fled before police arrived. Later on July 6, Groninger jumped over an unattended counter at the Quality Inn in Minot, stole an undisclosed amount of money and fled. He was later located in northwest Minot and taken into custody on July 6.

Groninger had nothing to say when the judge asked if he had a statement to make in court.

Under the terms of a plea deal, the state dismissed a Class C felony charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.