New Bedford Man Sentenced for Dating Website Robbery Scheme
FALL RIVER — A New Bedford man who worked with his girlfriend to rob men she met through dating websites has been sentenced to serve up to four years in state prison.
Luis Santos, 22, pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging him with three counts of armed robbery, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
According to the D.A.’s Office, Santos and his 23-year-old girlfriend Kerstyn Gross, set up a scheme in which they posted her photo and created profiles on various dating websites such as Meet Me and Plenty of Fish. The indictments charge that on at least three separate occasions, Santos would lie in wait while Gross met with the men, and then he would rob them at knifepoint.