A St. Paul man who forgot to pull down his mask during a robbery of a Dollar Tree in Roseville last Christmas Eve was sentenced to three years probation for the crime.

Ramsey County District Judge Sara Grewing handed down Quincy Gerrard Petty’s sentence Wednesday in Ramsey County District Court on one count of felony-level simple robbery.

A second-degree aggravated robbery charge previously facing him in the case was dismissed.

Petty, 40, forgot to pull his mask down when he first walked into the retailer on Larpenteur Avenue Dec. 24, 2018 and told an employee at the register he wasn’t “playing,” and to empty the register, according to court documents filed in the case.

A store employee recognized Petty as the boyfriend of another employee, authorities say. When he saw the man look at him, Petty remembered his mask and pulled it over his face, according to the complaint.

Another man accompanied Petty during the robbery, the complaint said.

They took off with about $2,000 after store managers emptied a safe.

He was found outside his girlfriend’s residence and arrested.