A Kanawha judge granted a motion Wednesday to sever the trial of a woman allegedly involved in a string of robberies at CVS stores from the trials of others involved.
Kristy Albright, 38, of Logan County, was indicted on second-degree robbery and conspiracy charges in April.
Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King granted a motion to separate Albright's case from others involved in the conspiracy, according to Kanawha Prosecutor Chuck Miller.
Albright allegedly drove the getaway car when her boyfriend, Charles "Eddie" Jacobs, robbed CVS stores for prescription pills.
Jacobs, 31, was charged in December with four counts of second-degree robbery. Police say he robbed CVS stores on Oakwood Road, in Charleston's East End, in Dunbar and in Teays Valley. He allegedly robbed the Oakwood Road store twice.
Jacobs reportedly told police that Albright drove him during the robberies.
Kellie Cook, the store manager of the Oakwood Road CVS, was arrested and charged in December with two counts of second-degree robbery.
Cook, 41, of Dunbar, told Jacobs about the amount of prescription pills in the store on Oakwood Road and the dates the pills were delivered to the pharmacy, according to a criminal complaint against Cook filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
He told police that after Cook gave him information about the Oakwood Road store that he paid her $5,000 both times he robbed that store, according to the complaint.
On Sept. 18 and Oct. 16, the CVS on Oakwood Road was robbed. The CVS at Plaza East in Charleston was robbed on Nov. 5. The store in Teays Valley was robbed Dec. 8 and, on Dec. 12, the store in Dunbar was robbed.