A New Haven man has been ordered to more than seven years in prison for his role in an armed robbery of a gas station in North Haven, officials said.

Robert Smith, 20, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to seven years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in the armed robbery of a North Haven gas station in 2022.

According to court documents and statements made in court, an ATF and New Haven Police Department investigation revealed that Christian Borrero of New Haven committed a series of gunpoint robberies and a carjacking in late June and early July 2022. On July 6, 2022, Smith assisted Borrero’s commission of an armed robbery of a Shell Gas Station located at 195 State St. in North Haven. After the robbery, Smith drove Borrero and a juvenile, who also participated in the robbery, to Meriden where they stole a car from a woman who was parked in her driveway.

Smith has been detained since Jan. 3, 2023. On Sept. 28, 2023, he pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery, and aiding and abetting the carrying, using, and brandishing of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Borrero pleaded guilty to related charges and, on April 1, 2024, was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives with the assistance of the New Haven, East Haven, West Haven, Ansonia, and North Haven Police Departments. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nathaniel J. Gentile and Sean P. Mahard.

The prosecution was part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make neighborhoods safer for everyone. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit www.justice.gov/psn

Stephen Underwood can be reached at sunderwood@courant.com