CAMDEN, N.J. - A Deptford, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for robbing five New Jersey banks and one Pennsylvania bank between June 2015 and September 2015, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Michael A. Fanelli, a/k/a “Michael Carducci," 37, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Reneé Marie Bumb to an information charging him with six counts of bank robbery. Judge Bumb imposed the sentence today in Camden federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Fanelli robbed the following banks on the dates set forth below:
Bank
Location
Date
Cornerstone Bank
West Deptford, New Jersey
June 2, 2015
Fulton Bank
Mullica Hill, New Jersey
June 5, 2015
Malvern Federal Savings Bank
Concordville, Pennsylvania
July 22, 2015
Susquehanna Bank
Mullica Hill, New Jersey
July 28, 2015
Susquehanna Bank
Mullica Hill, New Jersey
Aug. 21, 2015
National Penn Bank
Florence, New Jersey
Sept. 24, 2015
Fanelli typically robbed each bank by approaching a teller, displaying what appeared to be a firearm, and demanding money.
Fanelli robbed the same Susquehanna Bank on July 28, 2015 and Aug. 21, 2015. Immediately following his robbery of National Penn Bank on Sept. 24, 2015, Fanelli was followed by law enforcement officers to his residence, where he was taken into custody.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Bumb sentenced Fanelli to three years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI’s South Jersey Resident Agency, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael Harpster in Philadelphia, with the investigation. He also thanked the West Deptford, Harrison Township, and Florence Township police departments, as well as the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and the Pennsylvania State Police for their assistance.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin C. Danilewitz of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden.
Defense counsel: Lisa Lewis Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
