Patrick Bendig

KECI-TV is reporting that Cruz Sebastian Bernardi, one of the men involved in the baseball bat beating and robbery at Jayz Mart convenience store in January, appeared in Missoula District Court Tuesday and changed his plea to guilty.

Early in January, five men wearing black hoodies entered the Jay's Mart convenience store and savagely beat store clerk Patrick Bendig with baseball bats, causing extensive injuries.

Early in the morning on January 8th, Patrick Bendig was beaten and robbed by several men with baseball bats while working at Jay's Mart in Missoula.

Another man alleged to have been involved in the baseball bat beating and robbery of a Missoula convenience store clerk appeared in justice court Friday afternoon.