TOMS RIVER — Christopher Miller is a criminal who not only returned to the scene of his crime, he also accosted the same victim — a clerk who helped send Miller back to prison after a very brief taste of freedom, authorities say.

Miller Monday pleaded guilty to robbing the Stride Rite store on March 22, 2014, the very same store he robbed in 1999 during a spree that included two other armed robberies and resulted in a 15-year sentence, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

Miller, 41, had been on parole for one day for those crimes when he went back to the Stride Rite store last year and again robbed the clerk, who had been notified by authorities of Miller's release. The clerk identified Miller, who was arrested that day.

Miller, who is in jail for violating his parole, faces between 10 and 20 years in prison when he's sentenced in May. Prosecutors plan to ask for the maximum.

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