Chinatown Walgreens manager who facilitated inside-job robberies sentenced to 12 years

Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
July 23, 2025, 7:19 PM


A former manager at the Chinatown Walgreens in D.C. was sentenced Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison for facilitating a series of seven inside-job robberies at the store that took place from 2023 to early 2024 and culminated in a shooting inside.

Michael Robinson, 35, pleaded guilty in March to several charges, including conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery and weapons charges.

He was accused of relaying information about cash transfers to his nephew, 27-year-old Gianni Robinson, who pleaded guilty at the end of February. His nephew would then pass that information along to Kamanye Williams, who would take money from the safe in the manager’s office at gunpoint, the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Williams has also pleaded guilty.

Michael admitted he and London Teeter, a former store manager and his girlfriend, reviewed internal surveillance footage of a robbery and discussed how to make future robberies look more authentic.

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Thomas Robertson
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