Mother of 3 Gets Prison Time for Video Parlor Heist: ; Woman Admitted to Robbing Place with Gun As 2 Kids Waited in Car

Charleston Daily Mail › October 08, 2009

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A St. Albans mother is heading to prison for five to 18 years for robbing a local gaming parlor as her two young children waited in the car for her.

Melissa Ann Spencer, 29, pleaded guilty in August, admitting in court that she left her youngest children, ages 2 and 7, outside of Lewie's, located at Oak Street and MacCorkle Avenue in St. Albans, in July 2008, and went inside to commit the robbery.

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Mother of 3 Gets Prison Time for Video Parlor Heist: ; Woman Admitted to Robbing Place with Gun As 2 Kids Waited in Car

Spencer held a gun to the head of clerk Margaret Songer during the incident and took $1,500 in cash plus the clerk's cell phone and keys. Police la...

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