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Store manager facilitated string of 7 robberies at same DC Walgreens, police say

The Walgreens in D.C.’s Chinatown neighborhood has been robbed at gunpoint seven times since July of last year. Police said the same person committed each of the armed robberies, and are now announcing he had help from inside the store.

Michael Robinson, 33, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, worked as a manager at the Walgreens during the string of robberies and has been charged with conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery. His nephew, 26-year-old D.C. resident Gianni Robinson, faces the same charge.

At a press conference Tuesday, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said the conspiracy case “invoked fear in the community.”

According to D.C. police and the FBI, 24-year-old D.C. resident Kamanye Williams entered the store at least seven times between July and February, taking money from the safe in the manager’s office at gunpoint each time.

Since July, Chief Smith said police have been working with the FBI on the robberies that targeted the store.

Police said during the most recent robbery on Sunday Williams was shot by a special police officer. Williams was critically injured and remains in a local hospital at this time.

In at least one instance, the robber is captured on surveillance video looking at a phone while punching in the code to the locked manager’s office. In that same robbery, police said Michael Robinson served as Williams’ driver beforehand and afterward.

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