New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Brandishing a Firearm During a Bank Robbery

New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Brandishing a Firearm During a Bank Robbery

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Aug. 3, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

According to court documents, CARTER guarded the door of a Capital One Bank in Metairie during a robbery on Aug. 26, 2011, and pointed a semi-automatic pistol at various customers.

CARTER faces a mandatory minimum of 7 years imprisonment and a maximum term of life imprisonment, along with a $250,000 fine and up to 5 years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment. U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance set sentencing for December 7, 2016.

U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorneys Elizabeth Privitera, Maria Carboni and Marquest Meeks were in charge of the prosecution.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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