(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Lenient sentence for bank robbery, eh? Barbieri's accomplice Alvin Carter awaits sentencing.An Allegheny County judge this morning allowed a former city teacher who robbed a bank to finance her heroin addiction to serve out her jail sentence at home.
Philicia Barbieri, 26, pleaded guilty in December to robbing Fifth Third Bank in East Liberty, stealing 22 computers from the Pittsburgh School of the Creative and Performing Arts and ripping off her neighbor's television and video game console.
Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning sentenced Ms. Barbieri to between one year less a day to two years less a day in jail but paroled her immediately.
She will wear an ankle bracelet and be able to leave home only to work, get drug treatment or schooling.
Teacher Accused of Laptop Theft and Bank Robbery - Updated
[Previous 4/18/11 post]
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Here's another development in the case of science teacher Philicia Barbieri.
Last month, she was accused of stealing more than a dozen laptop computers from the Pittsburgh School for Creative and Performing Arts. Today, Barbieri was arraigned on theft charges.
In a criminal complaint, Pittsburgh police said the young Shadyside woman admits having a drug problem and selling the stolen school laptops to "Jay," who would pay her $150 for each one.Heroin, eh? Makes people do crazy things.
Sometimes she was paid in heroin, and sometimes she got both drugs and money, the complaint said.
Babe Teacher Accused in Bank Robbery
[Previous 4/16/11 post]
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) A 24-year-old chemistry teacher at the Pittsburgh School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Philicia Barbieri, along with an accomplice, Alvin Carter, 28, have been arrested for the alleged robbery of a Fifth Third Bank yesterday morning.
Alvin Carter
Barbieri and Carter have been charged with robbery and criminal conspiracy. They were booked into custody at the Allegheny County Jail.
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