FLORIDA — A St. Lucie County woman has been sentenced for the attempted robbery of a pharmacy after previously pleading guilty.
Jennifer Scee, 48, of Port St. Lucie, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for attempted Hobbs Act robbery. Ms Scee pleaded guilty to the charge in November 2023.
According to court documents, on April 21, 2023, Scee entered a pharmacy in Port St. Lucie, approached a pharmacy associate who was behind the counter, and demanded Dilaudid, a brand name for hydromorphone, an opioid.
When the associate asked Ms Scee for her prescription, Scee allegedly displayed a weapon while she continued to demand the medication. When the associate told Scee that she did not have any Dilaudid, Ms Scee reportedly jumped over the counter and pointed the weapon at the associate’s chest. Scee fled the scene after the associate started yelling and banging on the counter.
The Port St. Lucie Police Department obtained video surveillance from the plaza where the pharmacy is located, which reportedly shows Ms Scee wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, black leggings, a black hat, and a surgical mask covering her face while entering and fleeing the pharmacy on foot.
Later, law enforcement officers said they also obtained surveillance footage showing a Honda Civic Coupe with a sunroof and dark-tinted windows pulling into the parking lot at the nearby plaza shortly before the robbery and leaving the parking lot shortly after.
Law enforcement officers confirmed that a 2004 Honda Civic Coupe was registered to Scee in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Later, law enforcement arrested Ms Scee at her residence in Port St. Lucie.
U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey B. Veltri of FBI, Miami Field Office, and Chief Richard R. Del Toro, Jr. of the Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) announced the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks.
FBI Miami and PSLPD investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael D. Porter prosecuted it.
