A 21-year-old New London man will be sentenced in October to 12 years in prison for a series of crimes in November 2013, including the armed robbery of a 91-year-old man.

Jaden Alvarez, also known as Elijah Baatz, has pleaded guilty in New London Superior Court to first-degree robbery, three counts of third-degree burglary and carrying a pistol without a permit. He has also admitted to violating the conditions of his probation for an undisclosed crime with which he had been convicted as a youthful offender.

Judge Hillary B. Strackbein will sentence him on Oct. 29 to 20 years in prison, suspended after 12 years served, followed by five years probation. Charges against his alleged accomplice, his cousin Marcus Delgado, are pending in the same court.

According to court records, the two men were charged with committing crimes in Groton and New London during the last two weeks of November 2013. Police said that masked and wielding a stun gun, they forced entry into the home of a 91-year-old New London man, then carried out another home invasion at the Crystal Avenue home of a man who once had lived with Alvarez and had attempted to adopt him.

They also were charged with a break-in at an ice cream shop where Alvarez once worked and with a burglary at the Groton Heights Baptist Church on Broad Street in Groton. Police said the two men confessed to burglarizing the New London home of Alvarez's adopted mother and the Groton home of his mother's best friend while the two women attended church services. 

On Nov. 12, 2013, police said they found Alvarez in possession of a backpack containing a 9-mm pistol that had been stolen out of a Montville home.

Alvarez pleaded guilty under the Alford Doctrine, which indicates he does not agree with all of the state's allegations but does not want to risk a trial, where he could receive a lengthier sentence if convicted.

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