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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man accused in a string of heists this week spent $70,000 on cocaine and heroin over the past few months and began robbing stores to support his addiction once he ran out of money, court papers say.</p><p>&#8220;I did what I had to do, I was drug sick,&#8221; suspect Adam Francis Migatulski, of Wilkes-Barre, reportedly told officers.</p><p>He was arraigned Friday before District Judge Donald Whittaker for robberies Wednesday at Peter&#8217;s Ice Cream and Deli on Blackman Street, and Thursday at Curry Donuts on Hazle Street and Pantry Quik on Carey Avenue. He also is facing a charge for violating his parole, police say.</p><p>The Curry Donuts incident occurred after Migatulski attempted to rob the Pantry Quik, according to a complaint. When he failed to get any money, Migatulski fled the Carey Avenue store and asked a stranger for a ride to Hazle Street, where he robbed Curry Donuts, authorities report.</p><p>Police arrived at 83 Bradford St. in Wilkes-Barre about 11 a.m. Friday after receiving a tip that Migatulski would be at the address. He was found sleeping in a silver Mustang parked at the rear of the address. He was taken into custody without incident on a previously issued felony warrant for receiving stolen property. Migatulski also is suspected of committing a fourth robbery in Kingston.</p><p>An officer at the scene Friday said Migatulski owns neither the house nor the Mustang he was sleeping in.</p><p>The home where he was arrested is a short distance from Peter&#8217;s Ice Cream and Deli, which was <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/681040/wilkes-barre-donut-shop-site-of-third-armed-robbery-in-three-days" target="_blank">robbed by a man Wednesday afternoon</a> who fled on foot with about $300.</p><p>Here are more details from an affidavit:</p><p>Migatulski, 30, of 442 E. Main St., told police he didn&#8217;t mean to harm anyone during the robberies and he did not have a weapon.</p><p>But at the deli robbery, he threatened that he had a gun and an employee said he saw part of the weapon when Migatulski reached into his pocket.</p><p>The suspect from the deli case &#8212; still unknown at that point &#8212; was described as a skinny white male.</p><p>On Thursday, a man fitting a similar description, wearing a reddish-orange sweatshirt, robbed Curry Donuts. He walked into the store, ordered a doughnut and then demanded cash.</p><p>The suspect told the clerk he was a heroin addict and that he had &#8220;something&#8221; in his pocket. He made off with more than $150.</p><p>The clerk from Curry Donuts picked Migatulski out of a photo array. She stated she was 100 percent certain he was the person who robbed the shop.</p><p>Also on Thursday, a suspect attempted to rob the Pantry Quik in the 100 block of Carey Avenue, only about 20 minutes before the Curry Donuts heist.</p><p>At Pantry Quik, the would-be robber motioned to his waist to imply he had a weapon, but the clerk did not believe he actually had one, according to police. As the clerk picked up a phone to dial 911, the suspect fled on foot.</p><p>Migatulski was also allegedly involved in a robbery in Kingston, but information on that case was not immediately available.</p><p>Another armed robbery occurred at U.S. Gas at the corner of Butler Street and North Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilkes-Bare just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, but that incident appears to be unrelated to the other three this week because it is the only one with two suspects. Those suspects covered their faces with hoods and bandannas and brandished handguns.</p><p>Migatulski&#8217;s bail was set at $100,000 cash per robbery count, or $300,000. He is being held in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of bail. Migatulski will have a preliminary hearing Nov. 14 in Central Court.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre Police took Adam Francis Migatulski, 30, into custody just after 11 a.m. Friday at 83 Bradford St. The address is just a block from Peter&#8217;s Ice Cream and Deli on Blackman Street, the site of an armed robbery Wednesday. Migatulski is also accused in two other robbery cases this week. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/web1_TTL070817feature2-4.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes-Barre Police took Adam Francis Migatulski, 30, into custody just after 11 a.m. Friday at 83 Bradford St. The address is just a block from Peter&#8217;s Ice Cream and Deli on Blackman Street, the site of an armed robbery Wednesday. Migatulski is also accused in two other robbery cases this week. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>WB man charged in three heists</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Brigid Edmunds and Patrick Kernan</p><p>Times Leader staff writers</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @PatKernan</p></shirttailMeta></div>

UPDATE: Man accused in string of city robberies was ‘drug sick’