Pleau To Serve Life in Prison For Murder of David Main

Confessed murderer Jason W. Pleau, 35, of Providence, will serve life in federal prison without parole for the robbery and murder of Woonsocket gas station manager David Main.
 
Pleau was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to life in federal prison without the possibility of release for the crimes, which he pled guilty to in July to avoid the death penalty, according to US Attorney Peter F. Neronha's office.

Pleau chased, shot at close range and robbed Main Sept. 20, 2010, as he approached the doorstep of a Woonsocket bank where he was to have deposited receipts belonging to the gas station that he managed. He pled guilty on July 31, 2013, to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery; Hobbs Act robbery; and carrying, using, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence, death resulting.

Pleau pled guilty as charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Dec. 14, 2010. Pleau’s sentence, imposed by U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith, was announced by United States Attorney Peter F.  Neronha; Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department's Criminal Division; Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin; Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police; Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey; and Vincent B. Lisi, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston field office of the FBI. 

Jose A. Santiago, 36, formerly of Springfield, Mass., a co-defendant in this matter, pled guilty on Sept. 5, 2013, to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery; Hobbs Act robbery; and carrying, using, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence, death resulting.

Santiago is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 9, 2014. A third defendant in this matter, Kelly Marie Lajoie, 35, formerly of Springfield, Mass., pled guilty on Dec. 9, 2011, to Hobbs Act conspiracy; aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery; and use of a firearm during a federal crime of violence. A sentencing hearing for Lajoie has not been scheduled.