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BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
July 1, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ISAAC RONALD SKINNER, JR., age 28, a resident of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to serve twenty (20) years in federal custody, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
According to court documents, SKINNER pled guilty to two separate bank robberies and has agreed to pay full restitution for four (4) other area bank robberies for a total of $95,187.00. Today in court, SKINNER admitted that on May 21, 2008, while armed with a pistol, he robbed the Omni Bank located at 2900 Ridgelake Drive in Metairie, escaping with$16,581.00. Additionally, on June 11, 2008, while armed, SKINNER robbed the Chase Bank located at 104 West Airline Highway in Laplace, escaping with $9,067.00.
SKINNER faced a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty-five (25) years, a maximum fine of $250,000, and up to five (5) years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment. SKINNER faced a calculated Sentencing Guidelines range of 97 to 121 months; however, United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey ordered that SKINNER serve 240 months in federal custody. The increased sentence was due in part to SKINNER having committed eleven (11) bank robberies in the past eight (8) years. The government convicted SKINNER in 2001 for five (5) other bank robberies. Judge Zainey also ordered SKINNER to be placed on supervised release for a period of five years following his release from federal prison. Supervised release is a period following release from prison during which the defendant’s conduct will be monitored by the court or the court’s designee. If a defendant violates any of the conditions of supervised release that the court imposed, his or her supervised release may be revoked and he or she may be ordered to serve in prison all or part of the term of supervised release.
This investigation was conducted by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Attorney’s Gina Vann, Elizabeth Privitera and Duane A. Evans of the Violent Crime Unit.
