Two sentenced after robbing Dollar General in Norfolk twice

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Two 23-year-olds were sentenced to four years in prison for robbing the same store twice in two months, police said.

La’Tavius Dae’Shawn Wood and Mahogany Denise Hicklin were convicted back in February after robbing a Dollar General on Chesapeake Boulevard.

The clerk called police to report the individuals and said he believed he was about to be robbed. While waiting on police, Wood and Hicklin came to the register, Wood pulled out a gun and demanded cash, officials said. The two fled with the cash before police arrived. Police couldn’t find the two at the time, and collected descriptions and surveillance.

On Sept. 23, also just before 10 p.m., the two returned to the store to commit a second robbery. A witness told police that the pair fled in a Toyota Highlander, and within minutes, officers spotted the Toyota and began pursuing it. Wood, who was driving, lost control and crashed the vehicle into a tree near the I-64 off-ramp onto Chesapeake Boulevard. The two were arrested, the stolen cash from the second robbery was recovered, and they both confessed to committing the July robbery.

They both pleaded guilty to two counts each of robbery and conspiring to commit robbery with maximum active sentences of six years.

On Thursday, both co-defendants were sentenced to serve four years in prison and suspended 10 additional years in prison on the conditions that Wood and Hicklin both complete five years of uniform good behavior and supervised probation following their releases.

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