Turners Falls man gets prison time for robbery, injuring officer

A Turners Falls man, Brenden C. Jacobs, has been sentenced to three years in state prison for a 2024 gas station robbery and assaulting a police officer. Jacobs pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to charges including unarmed robbery and battery on a police officer. The sentence includes a one-year mandatory minimum, followed by two years of probation. The incident occurred in December 2024 at a Nouria gas station.