NEWARK—A Newark, New Jersey man was
sentenced today to 110 months in prison for the armed robbery of a Sussex
County, New Jersey bank, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Lynnell Brown, 36, pleaded guilty in
August 2009 before then-U.S. District Judge Joseph A. Greenaway to an
indictment charging him with the armed robbery of a J.P. Morgan Chase Bank
branch in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey on January 16, 2009 and the use of a
firearm during the robbery. U.S. District Judge Dennis M. Cavanaugh imposed
sentence today in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in this
case and statements made in court:
Brown entered the bank wearing a ski
mask to conceal his identity and approached a bank teller. He aimed a loaded,
semi-automatic handgun at the teller and threatened to kill her unless she gave
him the money in each of the teller drawers. Brown fled in a vehicle and was pursued
by law enforcement. During the subsequent extended chase, Brown drove at speeds
in excess of 90 mph into oncoming traffic lanes on Route I-280 before wrecking
his vehicle near a residential neighborhood in West Orange, New Jersey.
In addition to the prison sentence,
Brown was sentenced to five years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special
agents of the FBI’s Garrett Mountain Resident Agency, under the direction of
Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward in Newark; officers and investigators
with the New Jersey State Police, under the direction of Col. Rick Fuentes;
investigators with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction
of Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi; investigators with the Morris County Sheriff’s
Office, under the direction of Sheriff Eric V. Rockford; and police officers
with the Lake Hopatcong, Jefferson Township, and East Hanover Police
Departments for the investigation leading to today’s sentence.
The government is represented by
Assistant U.S. Attorney Randall Cook of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal
Division in Newark.
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