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Lamont Moseley, 29, will have to spend five years and one month in state prison before he is eligible for parole, under the deal.
Meanwhile, 31-year-old Samantha Dixon must four years and 2½ months behind bars.
Had they been convicted at a trial, each would have faced 10 years for each robbery.
Both admitted in court in Hackensack on Monday that they held up two TD Bank branches in Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn and one in Maywood, each time giving tellers a note that said “This is a robbery.”
Moseley was the note carrier and Driscoll the getaway driver in Elmwood Park (Midland Avenue/March 15), Fair Lawn (River Road/Feb. 26), then they switched roles in Maywood (Maywood Avenue/March 27).
Both acknowledged that the threatening notes were intended to intimidate tellers and put them in fear for their safety if they didn’t hand over the money.
Authorities in Passaic County have charged them with holdups in Haledon and Totowa. Moseley also confessed to a December 2011 robbery of a Paterson branch, authorities said. All involve TD Bank branches.
The sentences will run at the same time as whatever they receive from Passaic County authorities — who have offered parole eligibility after six years and eight months in exchange for pleas from Moseley and Dixon.
Both were arrested as they emerged from their River Street apartment in Paterson on May 29.
Working closely with Fair Lawn and Hackensack police, Maywood detectives first pegged Dixon, Maywood Detective Sgt. Timothy Moran told CLIFFVIEW PILOT in May.
“We thought there might be a boyfriend-girlfried connection there,” he said.
The investigators eventually identified Moseley, who fit the description of a 6-foot, 170-pound man who wore a hoodie and dark cap while robbing the other banks.
STORY / PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia
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