For Bank Robbery
SOUTH BEND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Lamont Hawkins, 21, of Elkhart, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for bank robbery.
Hawkins was sentenced to 117 months imprisonment and 2 years of supervised release.
According to documents in this case, on Nov. 16, 2016, Hawkins and two accomplices robbed a bank in Mishawaka. Wearing masks and gloves, they used a rifle and a handgun to threaten the victims while they stuffed cash into backpacks. Police caught them at a house in Elkhart a short time later. The two accomplices, Jeffery Wilson, 29, and David Woods, 30, both of Elkhart have pled guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel Gabrielse.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
