NASHUA – A Londonderry man who police say robbed a Nashua Dunkin’ Donuts and burglarized two other Nashua businesses is set to plead guilty and spend up to six years in prison.

Joshua Smith, 28, with a last known address of 14 Wyndmere Drive, Londonderry, pleaded guilty to robbing the Dunkin’ Donuts at 119 E. Hollis St. on April 26, 2012.

He also pleaded guilty to burglarizing Crush Pizza at 449 Amherst St. on June 4, 2012, and Amigo’s convenience store at 9 Canal St. on July 3, 2012, according to court documents.

Smith agreed to plead guilty to the charges in April in exchange for a three- to six-year prison sentence, plus restitution. The final restitution figure is still being worked out, which delayed a plea and sentencing hearing at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua this week, according to Smith’s public defender, Paul Borchardt.

The indictments against Smith allege he worked in concert with Stefan Baringer and threatened two female employees inside the East Hollis Street Dunkin’ Donuts with a knife in April last year.

Police were called to the store around 10:30 p.m., and the women reported that two men wearing masks stole money and fled without injuring anyone. Police investigated for several months before arresting Smith and Baringer.

The plea deal also covers other active indictments against Smith, Borchardt said, including the burglary of a Litchfield business in August that involved two other men.

Litchfield police arrested Smith, along with Russell Brown, 46, and Jody Burstell, 43, both on Nashua, and charged them with burglary, prowling, trespassing and conspiracy after a late-night incident in which a neighbor’s tip was vital to the police investigation, police said.

Police were called to the Pantry Pride grocery store at 469 Charles Bancroft Highway around 2:30 a.m. Aug. 16 when a neighbor spotted suspicious activity, Litchfield Police Chief Joseph O’Brion said.

Based on that person’s description, police stopped a pickup truck and found the three men inside along with cigarettes, a laptop computer and burglary tools, O’Brion said.

Similarities between that alleged burglary – specifically, footprints, clothing and the truck – gained the attention of police investigating burglaries in two dozen New Hampshire towns, O’Brion said.

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