A Gillett woman accused of robbing a Shawano grocery store at knifepoint is seeking a new attorney ahead of her jury trial later this month.
Brenda S. Webster, 57, could face a maximum 40 years in prison and $100,000 fine if found guilty of armed robbery. She is also charged with using force to intimidate a victim, and misdemeanor counts of battery and disorderly conduct.
Webster appeared for a final pre-trial conference in Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court on Friday during which her attorney, David Rashid, filed a motion to withdraw from the case.
Rashid said Webster’s family is seeking private counsel.
Webster is being held on a $15,000 bond and is scheduled for a jury trial starting March 25.
Webster allegedly entered the Guerrero Grocery, 520 S. Main St., shortly before 6 p.m. June 27 wearing a black ski mask and threatened the store owner with a steak knife.
The complaint alleges Webster took a money bag containing about $4,000 from behind the counter and started to leave the store. Webster dropped the money bag on her way out of the store, according to the complaint, and the store owner tried picking it up, but Webster allegedly pushed her over and fled with the bag.
According to the complaint, Webster made a quick change as part of her attempted getaway but was spotted dumping her clothes into the garbage.
Moments after police got the call about an armed robbery, another call came in reporting a suspicious person behind the 400 block of West Sawyer Street.
A witness told police she saw a woman come into her yard. The woman took off her socks and crawled in and out of a garbage bin. Then she fled, running north.
Webster was arrested moments later on East Randall Street, four blocks away from the crime scene.
Police later found dark-colored clothing, shoes, a pair of white socks and a blue glove in the garbage bin, according to the complaint.
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