MAN SENTENCED IN BANK ROBBERY CASE

BUFFALO, N.Y.--Adrian Applewhite, 20, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of bank robbery on Aug. 10, 2007, was sentenced to 71 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, U.S. Attorney Terrance P. Flynn of the Western District of New York announced today. Judge Skretny also ordered the defendant to pay $14,128 restitution, the amount of money stolen from the credit union.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie P. Grisanti, who handled the case, stated the defendant and two others robbed the St. John's Buffalo Federal Credit Union, located at 2322 Seneca Street, Buffalo, New York on October 12, 2006. Grisanti said one of the robbers displayed a gun and ordered the people in the bank to the ground, and Applewhite jumped over the counter and pulled money out of the tellers' drawers.

The conviction was the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Laurie Bennett, Special Agent In Charge, BuffaloOffice and the Buffalo Police Department.