MAN SENTENCED IN BANK ROBBERY SPREE

MAN SENTENCED IN BANK ROBBERY SPREE

 

BOSTON – A Boston area man was sentenced yesterday for robbing three banks in June 2014 and stealing over $18,000. 

 

Edward Stone, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 80 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and restitution of $18,257.  In March 2015, Stone pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery. 

 

On June 7, 2014, Stone walked into a TD Bank in Braintree holding a notebook and approached the bank teller.  He showed the teller a written note demanding money in “Big Bills” [sic].  While speaking to the teller, he also threatened to “blow [her] head off” if she did not follow his instructions.  Stone left the bank with $7,363 moments after he entered. 

 

On June 12, 2014, Stone entered a TD Bank in Hingham at 11:24 a.m.  Once again, he presented a note demanding money and told the teller, “This is a robbery.  Give me the money.”  Stone stole $3,796 from the bank. 

 

On June 20, 2014, Stone robbed the TD Bank in Braintree for the second time.  Stone approached the same teller he victimized on June 7 and once again demanded money.  Stone left the bank forty seconds after entering with $7,098 in cash. 

 

Following each robbery, the tellers and other witnesses identified Stone from a photo array. 

 

Police arrested him on June 25, 2014.  After his arrest, Stone gave a videotaped confession in which he admitted to all three robberies. 

 

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Vincent B. Lisi, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; Colonel Timothy P. Alben, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; Chief Russell Jenkins of the Braintree Police Department; and Chief Michael Peraino of the Hingham Police Department, made the announcement.  This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian A. Pérez-Daple of Ortiz’s Economic Crimes Unit.