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Amobi Agu, 37, is no stranger to the law, as he allegedly committed seven other armed bank robberies between 2007 and 2008, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Agu served time for those crimes, from 2008 to 2020, officials reported.
In January of 2021, Agu robbed the Bank of America located in Dulles Crossing Plaza, where he threatened a bank teller and unarmed security guard with his gun, law enforcement said.
Agu was convicted of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence, second offense, officials reported.
As part of his guilty plea, and unrelated to the robbery of the Bank of America, Agu also admitted to robbing two Maryland jewelry stores at gunpoint in January 2021, the Attorney's Office said.
He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the crimes he committed less than a year after his release from prison for a prior string of armed robberies, officials reported.
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