Kelley M. Lajoie, Armed Robbery and Murder, Rhode Island 2010

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Kelley M. Lajoie, 35, formerly of Springfield, Mass., was 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. Lajoie also admitted to waiting in her car across the street from the Shell gas station for David Main to leave and following him to the bank.

The investigation into the murder and robbery was a joint effort between 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.

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 prosecuted the case.

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.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith also ordered Lajoie to serve 5 years supervised release upon completion of her prison term.

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