Abigail Guerrero appears in Brown County court, July 25, 2025. (Brown County court/Zoom)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Abigail Guerrero’s sentencing for her role in the armed robbery her boyfriend committed at the restaurant where she worked was postponed Friday because she wants a new attorney and wants to withdraw her plea in the case.
Guerrero, 31, previously pleaded no contest to being party to the crime of armed robbery.
She was scheduled for sentencing Friday, however, Guerrero said she didn’t understand she was going to be convicted at the plea hearing, and wants a new attorney.
Judge Tammy Jo Hock dismissed attorney Chad Fahrenkrug from the case because he will have to testify at the hearing on if Guerrero will be allowed with withdraw her plea. That hearing is tentatively set for Nov. 3, but is dependent on the state Public Defender’s office finding her a new attorney.
Reinaldo Fuentes-Nietzsche was sentenced previously to five years in prison for the Feb. 17, 2024 incident at El Ranchito on S. Webster Avenue.
According to the criminal complaint, Fuentes-Nietzsche entered the store, showed a gun, and told the clerk, “Give me everything right now or I’ll shoot both of you right now!”
El Ranchito’s owner told police he initially estimated up to $20,000 was stolen, because he had filled the cash register with cash for people cashing checks.
Police also interviewed one of the clerks who was on duty during the robbery, Abigail Guerrero. She was dating Fuentes-Nietzsche, and knew that he planned to rob the store “when the boss was not there,” the complaint states.
“Abigail said that Reinaldo would frequently bring her food in the past and was aware of when the boss was there and when he left,” she said, according to the complaint.
She identified the gun used the in robbery, and said Fuentes-Nietzsche used the money from the heist to purchase a Mercedes, pay off some debts, buy shoes, and purchase marijuana for resale.
After his arrest, Fuentes-Nietzsche confirmed Guerrero knew of the robbery plans.
“Reinaldo told (an officer) about feeling guilty for not having money or being able to provide for his family. He expressed remorse and appeared sincere that he regretted committing the robbery, as he cried during the interview and said that he wished he could go back and never had done it,” the complaint states.
Fuentes-Nietzsche estimated the take was about $13,000.
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