Union county, n.J., man admits robbing seven tD banks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
June 22, 2012 |
TRENTON, N.J. – A Union County, N.J., man today admitted robbing seven branch locations of TD Bank throughout New Jersey from September 2011 to December 2011, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Julio Ferrer, 28, of Elizabeth, N.J., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano in Trenton federal court to an Information charging him with seven counts of bank robbery.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
 Ferrer admitted robbing the following TD Bank branches:
Count |
Date |
TD Bank Location |
1 |
Sept. 11, 2011 |
560 North Avenue East Westfield, N.J. |
2 |
Oct. 19, 2011 |
37 Saint George Avenue Roselle, N.J. |
3 |
Nov. 19, 2011 |
1071 St. Georges Avenue Rahway, N.J. |
4 |
Dec. 1, 2011 |
70 Middlesex Avenue Metuchen, N.J. |
5 |
Dec. 11, 2011 |
1906 Lincoln Highway Edison, N.J. |
6 |
Dec. 16, 2011 |
570 Chestnut Street Union, N.J. |
7 |
Dec. 22, 2011 |
883 State Road Princeton, N.J. |
In every robbery, Ferrer passed handwritten demand notes to bank tellers. He admitted using a fake gun in the robbery of the TD Bank in Edison. Ferrer was on supervised release from a prior federal bank robbery conviction when he began his robbery spree.
The bank robbery charge is punishable by a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gain to the defendant from the offense or loss to any victims. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 27, 2012.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward in Newark, and the police departments of Westfield, Roselle, Rahway, Metuchen, Edison, Union and Princeton, with the investigation that resulted in today’s guilty plea.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane H. Yoon of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Health Care & Government Fraud Unit in Newark.
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Defense counsel: Peter Carter Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark, N.J.
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of New Jersey.
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