Jeffrey V. Hare was indicted in August in U.S. District Court by a federal grand jury on charges of armed bank robbery, carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Last Friday, Hare pleaded guilty to counts one and three and now faces up to life in prison. The armed bank robbery conviction carries a maximum sentence of 25 years, while the brandishing a firearm conviction carries a mandatory minimum of seven years and a maximum of life in prison. Sentencing has been set for April 12.
Around 1:15 p.m. on March 13, 2015, Hare entered the BB&T Bank branch on Route 589 in Ocean Pines wearing a ski mask and brandishing a handgun. Hare told the bank tellers in the lobby he had a gun and was robbing the bank. Hare demanded the tellers give him only $50 and $100 bills and that they didn’t give him any dye packs.
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What an absolute idiot !
ReplyDeleteHe will make someone a GOOD WIFE IN JAIL
ReplyDeleteHe is actually a very smart person.
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I'm surprised he was tried in fed court. It's rare these days for bank robbers to be tried there and it falls to the state courts.
ReplyDeleteActually, 433, the banks are covered under federal jurisdiction, so federal court is where he would be adjudicated.
ReplyDelete4:41 not always. Either or even both the state and the feds could prosecute a bank robbery case. Banks are governed by the feds but it is on state property. As a very GENERAL rule, larger robberies or repeat offending robbers will be tried in Federal court. US attorneys use something called prosecutorial discretion when deciding what to prosecute in fed court-due to budget constraints, work load, etc. If they decide to forego prosecution it falls back on the state courts.
ReplyDeleteLIke OC back robber from years back. His name is Kevin Fuller and I was surprised to read he was tried in state court in Snow Hill.
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