Project Safe Neighborhood Prosecution
United States Attorney Richard Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Senior United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Joseph Canidate to 337 months in prison on Sept. 26, 2017, for Bank Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. Canidate pled guilty on June 21, 2017, to the charge of Bank Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm, in violation of Title 18 Sections 2113(a) and 924(c) of the United States Code.
On June 27, 2016, Joseph Canidate entered the Hancock Bank at 2110 Demetropolis Road, in Mobile, Alabama, and robbed three female tellers at gunpoint of a total of $38,579.00. Canidate wore a mask, and was armed with a.40 caliber semi-automatic pistol.
Police officers responding to the robbery were able to spot Joseph Canidate running through a nearby wooded area. Law enforcement officers were able to follow the trail of money dropped by the fleeing Canidate straight to his hiding place. Joseph Canidate was taken into custody with the remains of the stolen cash, along with the firearm used in the robbery.
Canidate said that the stress of making a car payment, paying utility bills and his girlfriend wanting money were reasons for the robbery. Of the $38,579.00, taken $31,383.00 was recovered. Canidate was ordered to pay $7,196.00 in restitution because of the unrecovered money. Additionally, Canidate will serve 3 years on supervision upon his release from incarceration.
Joseph Canidate had a previous conviction for Bank Robbery out of the Middle District of Alabama on Oct. 26, 1998.
The Mobile Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mobile Field Office investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Christopher Baugh prosecuted the case for the Southern District of Alabama.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
