Woman gets five years in heist
Nicole Boyd pleaded guilty to helping steal $8.4 million from an armored-car companyStaff, wire report
AKRON - A Youngstown woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for helping her boyfriend steal $8.4 million from a Liberty armored car company in November.
Nicole Danielle Boyd, 25, was sentenced in federal court, where she pleaded guilty March 7 to bank larceny. She could have faced up to 25 years in prison for the conviction.
Her boyfriend, Roger Lee Dillon, 23, also of Youngstown, is scheduled to be sentenced today on the same charge, to which he also pleaded guilty March 7. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
Dillon's mother, Sharon Lee Gregory, 49, of Youngstown also is scheduled to be sentenced today. She could get up to 15 years after pleading guilty to charges that she conspired with the couple and helped them make their getaway to West Virginia.
Wiping away tears several times, Boyd, whose long red hair made her look like a different person from the mug shot after she was captured, told the judge in a quiet voice that she was sorry for what she did and learned a lot from it.
Federal prosecutors said the heist last November was one of the largest thefts ever in northern Ohio.
In giving Boyd a lesser sentence, U.S. District Court Judge John R. Adams said Boyd had accepted responsibility, wasn't the mastermind of the plot and noted her behavior while out on bond.
Boyd has remained employed, been active in her church and has re-established a relationship with her 5-year-old son.
The judge, however, wanted to know what her relationship was with Dillon, saying it concerned him.
''I still love Roger,'' Boyd replied but added she hadn't been in contact with him for some time.
The FBI has said the theft at AT Systems was timed so that large amounts of money would be available after the busy post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend.
Dillon had been employed by the company for about nine months as a driver and messenger.
On Nov. 26, Dillon disguised with a cap and hood, entered the building using another employee's security code, the government said. He removed a security video tape and kept the lights off in case there was another camera.
He pulled a truck into a garage, loaded it with bags and reset the alarm.
Boyd sat inside the truck and helped pull the bags inside, according to her statement to authorities.
About $6.7 million in cash was taken, according to an FBI agent who detailed the allegations in court in January. The rest was in checks.
The couple drove to West Virginia, where they met Gregory. The trio spent part of the next four days counting the money and the FBI - tipped by West Virginia receipts found in Boyd's abandoned pickup truck - showed up one day later.
The plea agreements in March disclosed that Dillon financed the plan with $50,000 smuggled out of a JP Morgan Chase Bank in Akron on Aug. 8 during an armored-car pickup.
The cash and checks were found stacked in a mobile home where the couple fled about 250 miles away in Pipestem, W.Va. All but $3,500 was recovered.
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Handala
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07-24-08 2:14 PM
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Maybe so pahootaman But Tennesee is the birthplace of Jack Daniells an Dolly Parton!Better booze and grander peaks. Hmm?
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pahootaman
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07-24-08 12:37 PM
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West Virginia is the birthplace of the beer can, and don't you forget it!
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Dschweck
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07-24-08 11:48 AM
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Handala,How long can you'Humm" before your jaw locks up or you gag reflex kicks in?You sound quit talented.The streets of Warren,always has room for another 'Good Hmmmer'!
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Dschweck
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07-24-08 11:48 AM
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Handala,How long can you'Humm" before your jaw locks up or you gag reflex kicks in?You sound quit talented.The streets of Warren is always looking for another 'Good Hmmmer'!
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Handala
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07-24-08 11:34 AM
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West Virginia, isn't that the home of Dog Patch, Hattfield & McCoys, and Senator Byrd? You got to lighten up, WV has had the stigma of poor an ignorant since the early 50s with the television documentary on "Appalachia."No harm i ntended nor done.Hmm?
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hstottle
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07-24-08 11:11 AM
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Are you knocking West Virginia or the people that robbed the armored car. West Virginia is a very nice place and the people there do not deserve all the S--t and jokes that people say about them.
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CURLEY
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07-24-08 10:45 AM
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6.7 million and they went to West Virginia. How smart is that? What a plan!
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Handala
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07-24-08 9:50 AM
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pahootaman, I will bet they hammer Roger at his sentencing.Females just aren't held to the same degree of accountability.The Dinzio brothers have been in prison for the past 30 years and will die there on the same charge.Hmm?
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Dschweck
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07-24-08 9:38 AM
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handala,HMMM this!
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pahootaman
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07-24-08 9:24 AM
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read my comment from yesterday.
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Handala
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07-24-08 8:50 AM
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Where is the equality here?No cry of a glass cieling?No mention of a "first female" to pull off a multi-million dollar heist?No new pictures?This poor felons contributions have been trivialized by a chump 5 years sentencing and is unquestionably a reflection of Miss-treatment!Hmm?
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