Omaha Man Sentenced for Bank Robbery

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jason Felder, age 43, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on February 26, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for bank robbery. Chief Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Jason Felder to 180 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Felder’s release from prison, he will begin a 4-year term of supervised release.

On August 10, 2022, Jason Felder took a note that contained a bomb threat into the victim bank and then walked outside the bank. The victim teller reported it to the security guard working inside the bank, who happened to be an off-duty Wahoo police officer. The off-duty officer walked outside the bank to speak with Felder, and Felder got into a struggle with the officer. Felder fled into the residential area around the bank because Felder’s driver abandoned the scene.

Once Felder was in the residential area, he tried to get into several people’s vehicles but was unsuccessful. He also tried to enter several homes. Felder found a home with an unlocked door and went inside and forced a grandson inside the residence owned by his grandmother to accompany him upstairs in the house. Felder then directed the grandson to get Felder a glass of water but warned the grandson to keep quiet. The grandmother was downstairs when the grandson came down and could tell by looking at the child that something was not right. She asked him about it, and the grandson told her about Felder hiding upstairs. The grandmother then yelled at Felder to come downstairs.

Once downstairs, the grandmother insisted Felder leave the house. Felder refused. The grandmother tried to push past Felder. He pushed her and locked the door with all of them inside the residence. The grandmother again resisted and got past Felder with her grandson and made it outside. Once outside, she saw her son and his girlfriend and told her son about what happened inside the home. The adult son went inside the house in pursuit of Felder.

Police officers arrived on scene shortly thereafter as they were tracking Felder’s movements from the scene of the attempted bank robbery. Officers entered the home and ultimately a K-9 located Felder hiding in the basement of the residence. Felder refused to comply with demands, and the dog forcibly obtained custody of Felder so that officers could arrest him. He was wearing the same clothing as the man in the bank robbery video.

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.