An Iowa man received a 94-month prison sentence today for robbing an unnamed Secaucus bank at gunpoint back in 2017, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Jose Luis Martinez, 33, pleaded guilty in September before U.S. District Judge John M. Vazquez to a two-count indictment charging him with armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a bank robbery.
U.S. District Judge William J. Martini imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.
On January 5th, 2017, Martinez walked into a bank in Secaucus and pointed a handgun at a bank employee while demanding cash, according to court documents.
Martinez told the bank employee that he would shoot her and other customers if the employee did not comply before taking cash from the bank and fleeing.
In addition to the prison term, Martini sentenced Martinez to three years of supervised release and ordered restitution of $31,000.
Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy, Newark, with the investigation leading to the sentencing.
He also thanked the FBI’s White Plains, New York Office; the New York City Police Department; the Greenwich, Connecticut Police Department; and the Port Chester, New York Police Department for their assistance.
