DC Walgreens Manager Pleads Guilty In String Of Inside-Job Armed Robberies

A former manager at a Washington, D.C., Walgreens pleaded guilty on Thursday to her role in seven inside-job robberies at the drug store, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced.

London Teeter, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery. Her sentencing was scheduled for June. 12.

According to court documents, Teeter and three co-conspirators plotted to carry out a series of armed robberies of the Walgreens store in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown neighborhood, approximately once per month, beginning in July 2023. The robberies took place when either she or a co-conspirator were working.

Teeter, being a manager, knew the schedule for cash transfers at the store. In each robbery, a masked gunman entered the store and forced an employee into the manager’s office, or accessed the office using a code provided by Teeter or her co-conspirator. After robbing the store, the gunman fled through the rear exit.

Teeter and her co-conspirator took turns being the “victim” manager, knowing the store had surveillance cameras.

The robberies took place on July 18, 2023, Aug. 2, 2023, Sept. 2, 2023, Nov. 10, 2023, Dec. 4, 2023, Jan. 9, 2024, and Feb. 11, 2024.

As a result of the string of robberies, the Chinatown Walgreens hired armed Special Police Officers to guard the store. Teeter knew the Special Police Officers would be present, and a co-conspirator robbed the officers of their firearms during two of the robberies, on Dec. 4, 2023, and Feb. 11, 2024.

As part of her plea agreement, Teeter admitted the co-conspirators stole and split at least $28,983. She also acknowledged that she saw the surveillance footage from the Aug. 2, 2023, robbery, during which a co-conspirator briefly placed his firearm on a chair. Teeter admitted she sent a co-conspirator a text message stating: “the vid looks so bad,” “[I don’t know] why he put the gun down,” and “he cant do it next time [not gonna lie].”

Teeter was arrested on Feb. 22, 2024, and a search of her home revealed a Glock 45 pistol loaded with 16 rounds of 9mm ammunition.

Alleged co-conspirators Michael Robinson, 34, Kamanye Williams, 25, and Gianni Robinson, 27, have pending trial dates.

Teeter faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.