Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kyle
Desmarais, 33, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court before
Judge Nancy Torresen to aiding and abetting pharmacy robbery.
According to court records and evidence introduced at the plea hearing, on Feb. 13,
2014, Desmarais drove Billy Schildroth to a Rite Aid pharmacy located in Old Orchard Beach,
so that Schildroth could rob the pharmacy. Schildroth absconded with Oxycontin (oxycodone)
and Suboxone (buprenorphine) after putting his hand inside his coat and telling the pharmacist
that he had “a gun and five bullets" and not to alert anyone or he would shoot the pharmacist in
the face. After the robbery, Desmarais drove Schildroth away knowing that he had committed the robbery.
On June 3, 2014, Schildroth was indicted for the pharmacy robbery and awaits trial. An
indictment is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed to be innocent unless proven
guilty in a court of law.
Desmarais faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after
completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Old
Orchard Beach Police Department.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
