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Iowa Man Sentenced For Armed Robbery of New Jersey Bank
A man from Iowa is headed to prison for robbing a bank in New Jersey more than seven years ago.
33-year-old Jose Luis Martinez previously pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a bank robbery.
On Thursday in Newark federal court, Martinez was sentenced to 94 months, or almost eight years, behind bars.
Federal authorities said on January 5th, 2017, Martinez walked into a bank in Secaucus and pointed a gun at a bank employee while demanding cash.
Martinez told the employee that he would shoot her and customers if she did not comply.
Martinez took cash from the bank and fled.
In addition to the prison term, he was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $31,000 in restitution.
U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger thanked special agents with the FBI and the New York City; Greenwich, CT; and Port Chester, NY, police departments for their work in this case.
The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Garrett Schuman of the Criminal Division in Newark.
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