A D.C. federal judge sentenced a former Walgreens manager to more than 12 years behind bars this week for helping orchestrate a series of inside job heists at the Chinatown drug store that were staged to look like real robberies.

Prosecutors said Michael Robinson, 35, will spend 147 months in prison for his role in seven robberies between July 2023 and February 2024 that were coordinated to happen when the business was making cash transfers. 

Robinson’s co-conspirators, including his nephew Gianni Robinson, fellow ex-manager London Teeter and Kamanye Williams, are all awaiting sentencing for their roles in the scheme that netted the thieves about $29,000.  

Court documents said Teeter was the manager for the robbery on July 18, 2023, in which she pretended to be a victim.

Williams entered the store and pulled a gun on an employee, then forced the store worker to punch in the code for the manager’s office. 

Teeter was inside the office counting the day’s proceeds, court filings said. Williams made off with $5,000 in the phony stickup and was told by Gianni Robinson to keep $900 for himself.   

Prosecutors said Michael Robinson was the manager on duty for the Aug. 2, 2023, robbery when Williams returned for the next mugging.  

Williams stole $6,000 from a safe, court documents said, but text messages from Teeter said the purported robber looked too casual on camera.

Teeter texted Michael Robinson that the surveillance footage “looks so bad,” and she didn’t know why “he put the gun down,” according to the filing. Prosecutors said Williams laid his gun on a chair while Michael Robinson fiddled with the safe.

In another text to Michael Robinson, Teeter said Williams “can’t do it next time.”

Prosecutors said Michael Robinson admitted that he and Teeter looked at internal surveillance footage of one of the robberies and talked about how to make future stickups look more realistic. 

One solution Michael Robinson came up with was to ask Williams to assault him so the mugging looked more legitimate.

The Walgreens eventually hired armed officers to guard the store. 

Prosecutors said Teeter knew the officers would be on premises for robberies that occurred in December 2023 and February 2024, and that the robberies were timed up to catch the officers off guard and steal their weapons.  

But the plan was not foolproof — Williams was shot by armed security during the final heist.

• Matt Delaney can be reached at mdelaney@washingtontimes.com.