Quintin L. Jones, 36, of Vineland, New Jersey, previously
pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Renée Marie Bumb to an
information charging him with two 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:
On Oct. 11, 2016, Jones and an accomplice robbed a Cape Bank
in Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey. According to bank employees and video
surveillance, two men wearing black hooded sweatshirts entered the bank. While
one man crouched near the entrance and pointed what appeared to be a black
revolver at employees, the other man approached bank tellers and directed them
to place cash into a bag.
Both robbers fled the bank. Employees observed a tan or gold
vehicle with a black soft-top rapidly exit the parking lot and turn in the
direction of Vineland. Security cameras at the bank and an employee also
captured pictures of the car. Investigators determined that the car matched the
description of a Chrysler Sebring that was stolen on Sept. 22, 2016, during a
carjacking in the parking lot of a Walmart in Mays Landing, New Jersey.
On Oct. 15, 2016, troopers with the N.J. State Police
responded to a vehicle fire at a parking lot in Parvin State Park in Pittsgrove
Township, New Jersey. After fire personnel extinguished the flames, troopers
determined that the vehicle was the same car that had been stolen in the
carjacking on Sept. 22, 2016.
Subsequent investigation revealed that Jones and the
accomplice had purchased a gas can at a Walmart in Vineland and then took a cab
to a Wawa gas station near Parvin State Park, where they purchased gas shortly
before police responded to the vehicle fire. Investigators also learned that
Jones, who had been staying at a local hotel on Oct. 15, 2016, had been
observed by an employee placing a large amount of cash in a bag. Acting on this
and other information, the State Police later obtained state arrest warrants
for Jones and the accomplice along with search warrants for their residences.
Law enforcement personnel who searched the accomplice’s residence also found
clothing consistent with the outfits worn by the two men during the Cape Bank
robbery as well as a toy revolver, cash, gloves, and a car key that appeared to
be for the Chrysler Sebring.
Jones also admitted robbing Newfield National Bank in
Newfield, New Jersey, on Oct. 7, 2016, with the accomplice. During that
robbery, Jones and the accomplice stole cash before fleeing in the same stolen
Chrysler Sebring.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Bumb sentenced Jones
to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution of
$30,856.
Jones’ accomplice, Nathan L. Wallace of Vineland, pleaded
guilty on Jan. 24, 2018, and is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 9, 2018.
U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI’s
Newark Division, Atlantic City Resident Agency, under the direction of Special
Agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie in Newark; the FBI’s Philadelphia Division,
South Jersey Resident Agency, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge
Michael Harpster; the N.J. State Police, under the direction of Col. Patrick J.
Callahan, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing. He also thanked
the Vineland Police Department; the Hamilton Township Police Department; the
Newfield Police Department; the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office; and the
Salem County Prosecutor’s Office for their roles in the investigation.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney
Gabriel J. Vidoni of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden.
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