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September 25, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  

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RIVERDALE MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 11 YEARS FOR ROBBING SIX BANKS

BALTIMORE, Maryland - Antonio Demetrius Evans, age 37, of Riverdale, Maryland was sentenced today to 135 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for bank robbery, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus also ordered that Evans pay $21,441 in restitution to the victim banks.

According to the statement of facts presented to the court at his guilty plea, Antonio Evans entered a Provident Bank branch located in Temple Hills, Maryland on September 24, 2004 and handed a bank teller a demand note. The teller gave Evans $2,838 and Evans fled the bank.

Using similar notes, Antonio Evans robbed a Chevy Chase Bank branch in Temple Hills, Maryland on August 18, 2004 of $1,583; an M&T Bank branch in Oxon Hill, Maryland on August 27, 2004 of $3,860; a Bank of America branch in Riverdale, Maryland on September 3, 2004 of $3,615; a Bank of America branch in Riverdale, Maryland on September 14, 2004 of $3,695; and a BB&T Bank branch in Oxon Hill, Maryland on October 4, 2004 of $1,650.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein thanked the Federal Bureau of Investigation for their investigative work, and commended Assistant United States Attorney Chan Park, who prosecuted the case.

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