U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ARLANDER
CELIUS, age 23, of Marrero, Louisiana, was sentenced to 30 months in the Bureau
of Prisons and to be followed by a term of three years of supervised release
for his involvement in a plan to rob the Whitney Bank located on South
Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana.
On the morning of Wednesday, September 27, 2017, members of
the New Orleans Police Department responded to a complaint of an active
burglary occurring in uptown New Orleans, Louisiana. Police entered the
residence, and discovered CELIUS and his two co-defendants inside of the
residence. Law enforcement officers also
located a loaded Harrington and Richardson “Pardner” Pump 12 gauge shotgun and
a Taurus .38 caliber revolver handgun in the residence, as well as homemade ski
masks.
Following a lawful arrest, CELIUS admitted to law
enforcement that he had agreed to rob the Whitney Bank with his
co-defendants. CELIUS had agreed to
serve as a lookout during the robbery, and admitted that the three perpetrators
were about to leave the burglarized residence to go rob the bank when the
police arrived.
On December 28, 2017, CELIUS pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
commit bank robbery with a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States
Code, Sections 371 and 2113, as well as felon in possession of a firearm, in
violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g).
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation’s Violent Crime Task Force and officers with the New Orleans
Police Department’s Second District.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Myles Ranier is handling the prosecution.
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