Randolph post office robber wants sentence shortened
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Feb. 1—OXFORD — An Alabama woman, convicted of robbing the Randolph post office in 2016, is now asking that her 22-year prison sentence be reduced. Federal prosecutors disagree.
A federal jury found Angela Roy, 42, of Wilmer, Alabama, guilty for her part in the armed robbery, in which a postmaster was shot. U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills sentenced Roy to serve a total of 270 months for aiding and abetting in the armed robbery and discharge of a firearm during that robbery.
In a motion filed last week in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Roy cited a change in the federal sentencing guidelines. Recalculations under her criminal history category using the new formula could result in a reduction in her recommended sentence. The one-page standardized motion filed Jan. 26 does not have any backing material or narrative to explain why Roy thinks she is eligible for a reduction.
In a 10-page response in opposition filed Wednesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Roberts said Roy did not receive any status points in her original sentencing and is therefore "not eligible for retroactive relief" under the amended guidelines.
Roy and Richard Thomas Scott robbed the Randolph Post Office on Sept. 23, 2016, and shot postmaster Virginia Duff in the process. Evidence presented in court showed that Roy contacted the post office to make sure that it was open just minutes before she and Scott went to the building. Scott then entered the post office, pulled a gun and shot the postmaster while Roy waited outside at the vehicle. Scott testified that the robbery was Roy's idea.
Scott was charged with assault and armed robbery of a postal employee. He pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to 195 months (16 years). Roy did not accept a plea agreement, choosing to go to trial.
Since her sentencing in early 2018, Roy has twice filed handwritten motions for compassionate relief. The first was denied in 2020. She filed a motion to vacate the conviction in the summer of 2020. That was denied in August 2023.
Currently housed at the Carswell Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Roy has posted pictures and comments on a website to connect people with inmates as pen pals. On meet-an-inmate.com, Roy describes herself as a "Bad Girl in recovery" and said while in prison, her "inner Naughty Girl is only asleep."
Following the robbery, Roy and Scott fled the area, going first to south Alabama. Their car was spotted four days after the robbery in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The same day, U.S. Marshals took the couple into custody at an apartment complex in Lockport, Louisiana.
Last summer, Scott, now 45, filed a handwritten motion to have his sentence reduced in June 2023. The government's response in opposition was sealed by Judge Mills the following month and remains shielded from the public. He is currently housed at the United States Penitentiary Coleman, in Sumterville, Florida.
