APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – Police in the Fox Valley are crediting social media postings with helping to get a man who has been sentenced to prison for a pair of armed robberies to turn himself in.
42-year-old Justin Posey, formerly of Kaukauna, was convicted of the armed robbery at the Walgreens store on Northland Avenue in Appleton on January 13. Posey was also convicted of the January 25 armed robbery of the La Quinta Inn and Suites on W. College Avenue in Grand Chute.
Outagamie County Judge Vince Biskupic sentenced Posey to 12-and-a-half years in prison on Monday. Posey is due back in court in January for the 2015 armed robbery of a Menasha convenience store.
Both the Appleton and Grand Chute police departments posted surveillance photos from the robberies on their Facebook and Twitter accounts. The photos depicted the suspect and his vehicle.
Posey ended up calling police to admit his involvement in a number of gas drive-offs in the Fox Valley. Investigators eventually tied him to the armed robberies.
