BANGOR, Maine — A Chelsea woman accused of being involved in a holdup at an Augusta pharmacy late last summer waived indictment and pleaded guilty Monday of being an accessory after the fact to a pharmacy robbery.
Nicole A. Breton, 21, entered her plea during a hearing at U.S. District Court.
Her co conspirator, 21-year-old Dominic J. Pomerleau of Augusta, pleaded guilty to pharmacy robbery on Jan. 23. A sentencing date has not been set.
Court records show that on Sept. 2 of last year, Pomerleau robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy on Hospital Street in Augusta.
He approached the pharmacy counter with a note demanding oxycodone and got away with three bottles of the prescription painkiller.
Breton was waiting for Pomerleau in a getaway car, federal authorities said. Breton emptied the pills from the bottles and threw the empty bottles and caps out of the car window.
Pomerleau, Breton, and the driver of the car fled to Breton’s residence where they spent the night consuming many of the stolen oxycodone pills, U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II said Monday in a news release.
An accessory after the fact is a person who, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his or her apprehension, trial or punishment, Delahanty said.
Breton faces up to 10 years in prison, a $125,000 fine and restitution. She will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
The investigation that led to the guilty plea was conducted by the Augusta Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.