A Lewiston man has pleaded guilty to stealing $144 from a Saco gas station during an armed robbery three years ago.

Max Gbetibouo, 51, was in U.S. District Court in Portland on Tuesday morning, where he pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery. He faces up to 20 years in prison on the Class C offense. His sentencing has not yet been scheduled.

According to court records filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Maine, Gbetibouo walked into the Circle K on Portland Road in Saco around 6:30 a.m. Sept. 19, 2021, approached the clerk and demanded money. Prosecutors say he had a gun and the incident was captured on surveillance footage.

The clerk opened the cash register, from which Gbetibouo took the $144. He fled on foot and the clerk called 911. Police spent two hours processing the scene, prosecutors said.

Gbetibouo was indicted Sept. 7, almost two years after the incident. He was arrested in May and has been in federal custody since then.