A 32 YEAR-OLD MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ROBBING MORE THAN 20 GAS STATIONS, CONVENIENCE STORES, AND MARKETS AROUND MONTEREY COUNTY. OMAR MORALES RIOS COMMITTED THOSE CRIMES IN SALINAS, CASTROVILLE AND SOLEDAD OVER A 3- MONTH PERIOD LAST YEAR. RIOS, WHO FACES UP TO 14 YEARS BEHIND BARS, IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO A MONTEREY COUNTY COURT ROOM JULY 28TH FOR SENTENCING.
