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Press Release

New Orleans Man Guilty Of Bank Robbery

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that CLEMENT LEACH (“LEACH”), age 54, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on January 29, 2025 to Bank Robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).  LEACH faces a maximum sentence of twenty years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, up to three years of supervised release following his release from prison, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.

According to court documents, LEACH admitted that on March 2, 2020, he robbed a Chase Bank in New Orleans and obtained approximately $920 in the robbery.

Sentencing is scheduled in this matter for May 7, 2025, before United States District Court Judge Sarah S. Vance.

U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Crime Task Force and officers of New Orleans Police Department.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon M. Maestri of the General Crimes Unit is handling the prosecution. 

 

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Shane M. Jones

Public Information Officer

United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana

United States Department of Justice

Updated January 30, 2025