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Maryland Man Who Robbed 5 Pennsylvania Banks Sentenced: USDOJ Maryland Man Who Robbed 5 Pennsylvania Banks Sentenced: USDOJ
Maryland Man Who Robbed 5 Pennsylvania Banks Sentenced: Usdoj A man has been sentenced after committing five bank robberies in Adams, Cumberland, and York Counties in under four months just two months after spending over a decade in a Maryland State Prison, according to an updated release by the US Department of Justice on Monday, Feb. 5. James Henderson Bryant III, 46, of Westminster, Maryland, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday, Feb. 1, the USDOJ detailed in the release.  Bryant stole approximately $28,823 during the five robberies, which are as follows as Daily Voice previously reported: July 19, 2021 - BB&T Bank, Hanov…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Montgomery County Bank Robber Hops Counter, Forces Tellers Into Vault: Police Montgomery County Bank Robber Hops Counter, Forces Tellers Into Vault: Police
Montgomery County Bank Robber Hops Counter, Forces Tellers Into Vault: Police Police in Montgomery County are looking for a bank robbery suspect who hopped a counter and sent tellers fleeing. The robbery happened around noon at a BB&T Bank in the 19600 block of Fisher Avenue on Dec. 14 in Poolesville. The suspect announced the robbery by jumping over the counter, kicking down the plexiglass partition, and demanding cash from the tellers, Montgomery police say. The tellers then fled into the vault and locked themselves inside, after leaving cash on the counter which the suspect stole and fled with. The robbery suspect is described as a male of an unknown race,…

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by Joe Gomez
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Serial Philadelphia Bank Robber Gets 9 Years Behind Bars Serial Philadelphia Bank Robber Gets 9 Years Behind Bars
Serial Philadelphia Bank Robber Gets 9 Years Behind Bars A Philadelphia bank robber is facing nine years behind bars for a nearly six-month-long crime spree during which he robbed eight banks and businesses, authorities said. Gerald Griffith, also known as “Jerry Porecca,” 47, pleaded guilty in December 2019 to two counts of bank robbery, two counts of armed bank robbery, and four counts of Hobbs Act robbery, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. The charges arose from a drug-fueled crime spree between July and December 2018, during which Griffith robbed or attempted to rob four separate banks, as well as four …

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by Nicole Acosta