Minneapolis man who stole $10,000 in home invasion pleads guilty

A Minneapolis man who was charged in connection to multiple burglaries in Minneapolis has pleaded guilty, according to a release from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.

The release said 33-year-old Robert Buckingham pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree burglary.

Minneapolis man who stole about $10,000 in home invasion makes plea in court

The attorney's office says Buckingham was involved in three different burglaries that occurred on June 2, June 26 and Aug. 11. During the Aug. 11 burglary, Buckingham zip-tied a teenager at knifepoint and stole an estimated $10,000 from the home.

When authorities searched Buckingham's home, they located clothing he was seen wearing in surveillance footage from the Aug. 11 burglary, as well as $10,000 in cash.

He is expected to be sentenced March 16, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.