Former Walgreens Manager Gets 32 Months for Seven Inside-Job Robberies

London Teeter, 22, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 32 months in prison for her role in a series of seven inside-job robberies of the Chinatown drug store where she was employed as a store manager, the Justice Department announced.

The scope of the crimes centered on a single Walgreens location in Washington’s Chinatown neighborhood. Teeter, while serving as store manager, recruited and directed accomplices in seven separate armed robberies between an unspecified start date and her arrest.

Federal prosecutors established that she used her access to security systems, employee schedules, and store layout to facilitate the thefts of cash, prescription drugs, and merchandise. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia handled the prosecution.

The sentence marks a shift from pretrial release or potential probation to mandatory incarceration. Teeter will begin serving the 32-month term immediately following any final processing, followed by a period of supervised release that the court has not detailed in the release.

The prior state allowed her to remain free pending sentencing after she pleaded guilty; the new state imposes federal prison time under guidelines that treat an employee’s breach of trust as an aggravating factor.

Downstream, the sentence activates standard federal Bureau of Prisons intake and classification procedures for a non-violent yet repeated theft offender. It also requires the probation office to prepare post-release supervision conditions that typically include restrictions on retail employment and drug-related businesses.

The case sets a documented precedent for prosecutors pursuing similar inside-job pharmacy crimes, which frequently involve controlled substances and trigger mandatory minimum considerations under federal theft and firearms statutes. Other store managers and retail chains must now treat employee-vetted robberies as a heightened internal security risk that federal investigators will pursue through pattern analysis of loss reports.

This is the latest federal prosecution of retail employees who convert legitimate access into criminal opportunity at pharmacies holding opioid and other controlled substances. The Justice Department has pursued similar cases in multiple districts as retail theft rings have adapted to include insiders with managerial authority.