04-19-2011, 11:27 PM
Well..I am guessing this woman will NOT be up for Employee of the Month:
WHEC,COM It was a brazen heist at the Walmart in Gates. Now, the former employee accused of stealing more than $160,000 has plead guilty to second-degree grand larceny.
Andrea Gray was in court Tuesday.
In February, I-Team 10 obtained a written statement made by Gray. She says she was put up to the heist by a boyfriend. Gray worked in the money room and on a morning in November, she told police she walked into the store with a duffel bag and filled it with cash.
According to police reports obtained by I-Team 10, Gray helped herself to more than $160,000 by simply walking into the store and filling a duffel bag.
Police reports stated that she worked in the cash room as a money counter and in a signed statement by Gray, offers plenty of other details. In it, she says she was put up to the heist by a boyfriend.
It was the morning of Friday, November 12, the day after Veteran's Day, and Gray says she knew there was more than $100,000 dollars inside because the armored car company that takes the deposits had not done so the day before because of the holiday.
Gray told police she and her boyfriend came up with a story that she had been kidnapped by two men while leaving her home on Lenox Street in the city for work and that the men threatened to kill her children if she didn't do what they said.
In reality, she says she drove with her boyfriend to the store, took the money, put it in the car and watched as he drove away. I-Team 10 is not naming the boyfriend because he has not been charged with any crimes.
Police say Gray's story was filled with inconsistencies and when pressed for details, they say she confessed.
Gray was facing a maximum of five to 15 years in prison; Assistant District Attorney Mark Monaghan wanted her to serve three to nine years. Today, Judge Joseph Valentino said he will sentence Gray to one year in jail with time served and will order her to pay restitution.
Gray will be sentenced on April 26. She has been in jail since November 2010.
WHEC,COM It was a brazen heist at the Walmart in Gates. Now, the former employee accused of stealing more than $160,000 has plead guilty to second-degree grand larceny.
Andrea Gray was in court Tuesday.
In February, I-Team 10 obtained a written statement made by Gray. She says she was put up to the heist by a boyfriend. Gray worked in the money room and on a morning in November, she told police she walked into the store with a duffel bag and filled it with cash.
According to police reports obtained by I-Team 10, Gray helped herself to more than $160,000 by simply walking into the store and filling a duffel bag.
Police reports stated that she worked in the cash room as a money counter and in a signed statement by Gray, offers plenty of other details. In it, she says she was put up to the heist by a boyfriend.
It was the morning of Friday, November 12, the day after Veteran's Day, and Gray says she knew there was more than $100,000 dollars inside because the armored car company that takes the deposits had not done so the day before because of the holiday.
Gray told police she and her boyfriend came up with a story that she had been kidnapped by two men while leaving her home on Lenox Street in the city for work and that the men threatened to kill her children if she didn't do what they said.
In reality, she says she drove with her boyfriend to the store, took the money, put it in the car and watched as he drove away. I-Team 10 is not naming the boyfriend because he has not been charged with any crimes.
Police say Gray's story was filled with inconsistencies and when pressed for details, they say she confessed.
Gray was facing a maximum of five to 15 years in prison; Assistant District Attorney Mark Monaghan wanted her to serve three to nine years. Today, Judge Joseph Valentino said he will sentence Gray to one year in jail with time served and will order her to pay restitution.
Gray will be sentenced on April 26. She has been in jail since November 2010.