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APRIL 13, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SERIAL BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN PRISON
Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Terron A. Moore, age 23, of Baltimore today to 70 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. Judge Quarles also ordered that Moore pay restitution of $16,118.
According to the statement of facts presented at his January 18, 2007 guilty plea, on May 31, 2006, Moore robbed the Provident Bank at 1763 Chesaco Avenue in Rosedale, Maryland. After giving the teller a demand note claiming to have a gun, the teller turned over approximately $3131 in cash and a dye pack. The dye pack exploded and some currency and the envelope were left at the scene. Latent prints recovered from the envelope were matched to Moore.
In similar fashion, on June 1, 2, 12 and 15, 2006, respectively, Moore robbed the following four banks: Chevy Chase Bank, 4622 Wilkens Avenue in Catonsville of $1,248;
M & T Bank, 4126 E. Joppa Road in Perry Hall of $13,699; American Bank, 3301 N. Ridge Road in Ellicott City of $814; and Bank of America, 7912 Belair Road in Parkville of $357. In each robbery Moore gave the teller a demand note claiming to have a gun. The demand note was left at the scene of the June 2nd M & T Bank robbery and three latent prints recovered from that note were identified as belonging to Moore.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the investigative work of the Baltimore County Police Department, as part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Bank Robbery Task Force and commended Assistant United States Attorney Debra Dwyer, who prosecuted the case.