Chicopee woman guilty in RI robbery

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Chicopee woman has pleaded guilty to charges she was a lookout in a fatal 2010 robbery outside a Rhode Island bank.

Federal prosecutors said Friday that 33-year-old Kelley Lajoie of Chicopee pleaded guilty to robbery, conspiracy and firearms possession during a crime of violence.

Prosecutors say Lajoie acted as a lookout during the robbery of gas station manager David Main. They say she also provided information by cell phone about Main's movements. Prosecutors say Lajoie was pressured to be a lookout by co-defendants Jason Pleau and Jose Santiago. They say she and Santiago shared about $6,500 from the robbery.

Pleau is accused of killing Main. He is in a legal tug-of-war over whether he'll be tried in state or federal court, where he could face the death penalty.

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