Press Release
MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH PORT ST. LUCIE BANK ROBBERY
September 30, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael J. Folmar, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, and Donald Shinnamon, Chief, Port St. Lucie Police Department, announced today that defendant Jonathan Andre Gilmore, 29, was charged in a criminal complaint with bank robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(A). He made his initial appearance in federal court today, and was detained pending trial. Arraignment is scheduled for October 9, 2009. If convicted, the defendant faces a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment.
According to the criminal complaint filed in court today, on September 28, 2009, Jonathan Andre Gilmore entered Riverside National Bank in Port St. Lucie, and passed a hand-written note to a teller. The note demanded money and threatened violence. It read:
“Do not hit any alarms or people will die. I have a gun and will use it! You are to go to the drive through tellers [sic] drawer and empty it of every 100, 50, and 20 no dye packs or tracking devices-then empty your drawer of every 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, and 1, no alarms, no dye packs or tracking devices or I’ll use my gun-hurry up [sic] [emphasis in original]”
Thereafter, the teller collected money from multiple teller drawers and placed the cash in a brown paper bag. The teller gave the bag with the money to the robber, who then fled the bank with approximately $5,530. Additional investigation led to the defendant’s arrest.
Mr. Sloman commended the investigative efforts of the FBI and the Port St. Lucie Police Department. The case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Theodore Cooperstein and Carmen Lineberger.
Charges in a complaint are merely accusations and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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