A Robbinston woman will spend 32 years behind bars for killing a suspected drug dealer in February 2022.
That sentence was handed down to Rebecca Moores, 43, on Monday, according to CBS affiliate WABI.
Moores pleaded guilty in December 2023 to shooting 53-year-old Paula Johnson in the back of the head at Johnson’s Leighton Point Road home in Pembroke on Feb. 8, 2022.
Johnson allegedly was supplied by dealers from out of state and, in exchange for selling the drugs from her house, got to keep some of the proceeds from the sales.
Moores was a customer and former girlfriend of Johnson. Moores told police that she was present when Johnson was killed but two men who were “taking out” drug dealers had killed her.
Johnson’s blood was later found on a paper towel in Moores’ car, along with a 9 mm handgun. Police arrested Moores in connection with Johnson’s death in July 2022.