2 men convicted in series of Anchorage armed robberies Print article An Anchorage jury has convicted two men in a string of robberies this year after one of the defendants allegedly cut off his ankle monitor and was arrested again in October. Anchorage District Attorney Clint Campion said in a statement that Johnny Degrate II, 20, and Robert Potts, 22, were both found guilty on multiple counts of first-degree robbery after a month-long trial. Both men were convicted of three counts in a series of parking-lot robberies at the Dimond Center on Feb. 8 and the Midtown Wal-Mart on Feb. 11, as well as another robbery at the Dimond Center on Feb. 12. Degrate was also convicted on a fourth robbery count linked to a Jan. 19 robbery of a Pizza Hut delivery driver.