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Woman pleads guilty to robbery at Lenoir City Walmart After robbing the store, she left with a man and fled to Louisiana, where they were apprehended and charged

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A Louisiana woman pleaded guilty on Monday to a robbery that happened last June at Walmart in Lenoir City.

On June 20, 2023, 38-year-old Fredricka Johnson and 37-year-old Joshua Raby, both of Baton Rouge, went inside the Lenoir City Walmart off Hwy 321, according to Russell Johnson, the Ninth Judicial District Attorney General.

Inside the store, officials said Johnson went to a checkout line with a cash register while Raby went to the clothing section. When the cashier opened the register, Johnson told Raby over the phone to fire a gun he had brought inside, and Raby fired eight times into the air.

Customers and employees then fled the store, officials said, and Johnson took $2,200 in cash from the register.

Officials said both Johnson and Raby left the store and fled to Louisiana, where they were later apprehended and charged with armed robbery. The gun used in the incident was found in their car, and ballistics testing by TBI determined it to be the same gun used in the shooting at Walmart.

On Friday, March 15, Johnson pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery, a felony that carries a sentence of 8-12 years in jail. Her sentencing is scheduled for May 21.

Raby has a court date scheduled for April 15.