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SERIAL BANK ROBBER SENTENCED

James Edward Peacock Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

The ringleader of a group who committed a string of bank and credit union robberies in Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Lubbock, announced U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper. James Edward Peacock, age 62, of Amarillo, was sentenced to serve life imprisonment by United States District Judge Sam R. Cummings. Peacock committed both the October 19, 2005 and January 26, 2006 robberies of the Plains Bell Federal Credit Union (PBFCU), located at 2545 74th Street in Lubbock.

Peacock, who pled guilty in May to two counts of aggravated credit union robbery and two counts of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, was charged along with co-defendants David Aaron Johnson, age 22, Erica Nicole Edwards, age 22, James Glen Horton, age 39, and Ivin Darrell Wozencraft, age 41, in a 10-count superseding indictment. That indictment charged each with conspiracy to commit bank and credit union robbery and other crimes stemming from a string of bank and credit union robberies that occurred in Lubbock from April 2004 through January 2006. David Aaron Johnson, who pled guilty to one count of aggravated credit union robbery and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, was sentenced last month to 27 years in federal prison. Erica Nicole Edwards pled guilty in April to one count of aggravated credit union robbery and was sentenced in June to 105 months imprisonment. Ivin Darrell Wozencraft pled guilty in June to one count of aggravated bank robbery and is scheduled to be sentenced in September. Charges against defendant James Glen Horton are pending.

Peacock was the getaway driver in both robberies. In the January 26, 2006 robbery, Peacock, Johnson and Edwards robbed the PBFCU of approximately $15,648.00 and in the process, jeopardized the lives of the credit union’s employees by using a .38 caliber revolver during the robbery. Peacock, Johnson and Horton also used a .38 caliber revolver when they committed the October19, 2005 robbery of PBFCU.

U.S. Attorney Roper praised the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Lubbock Police Department, and the Amarillo Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey R. Haag.

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