Kelley M. Lajoie, Hobbs Act Robbery and Murder, Rhode Island 2010

Defendant Sentenced to 15 1/2 Years for Role in Woonsocket Gas Station Murder

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kelley M. Lajoie, 35, formerly of Springfield, Mass., has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for her role as lookout in the September 2010 armed robbery and murder of Woonsocket gas station manager David D. Main.

According to court documents, on September 20, 2010, Main, 49, was chased, shot to death at close range and robbed by Jason Wayne Pleau, 36, of Providence, as he approached the doorstep of a Woonsocket bank where he was preparing to deposit more than $12,500 dollars in cash belonging to the gas station.

Lajoie admitted to the court that she acted as a lookout and alerted Jason Pleau when Mr. Main left the gas station to travel to the bank. She also admitted that she and co-defendant Jose Santiago shared in about half of the more than $12,500 dollars in cash taken from Mr. Main by Jason Pleau.

At sentencing, U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith also ordered Lajoie to serve 5 years supervised release upon completion of her prison term. Lajoie pleaded guilty on December 9, 2011, to one count each of Hobbs Act conspiracy; aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery; and use of a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence.

Pleau, who pleaded guilty on July 31, 2013, to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, and carrying, using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence resulting in death was sentenced in October 2013 to serve life in federal prison.

Santiago, who pleaded guilty on Sept. 5, 2013, to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, and carrying, using, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence resulting in death was sentenced on February 13, 2014, to 40 years in federal prison.

The matter was investigated by the Woonsocket Police Department, Rhode Island State Police and the FBI, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service and the Rhode Island National Guard. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Adi Goldstein and William J. Ferland of the District of Rhode Island and Trial Attorney Jacabed Rodriguez-Coss of the Criminal Division’s Capital Case Section.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/lookout-hobbs-act-robbery-and-murder-woonsocket-gas-station-manager-sentenced-15-years