John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Wethersfield Police Chief James
Cetran today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an
indictment yesterday charging SAMUEL NEATHERY, 29, and DAISY FELIBERTY, 35,
both of Florida, with robbing a Wethersfield bank at gunpoint in December 2018.
The indictment alleges that, on December 27, 2018, Neathery
and Feliberty entered the People’s United Bank located at 436 Silas Deane
Highway in Wethersfield, brandished firearms and, by force, violence and
intimidation, took approximately $83,000 from the bank.
The indictment charges Neathery and Feliberty with one count
of armed bank robbery, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment
of 25 years, and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence,
an offense that carries a mandatory consecutive term of imprisonment of at
least seven years.
Neathery and Feliberty are currently detained in South
Carolina for alleged offenses stemming from a credit union robbery in Forest
Acres, South Carolina, on February 5, 2019.
U.S. Attorney Durham stressed that an indictment is not
evidence of guilt. Charges are only
allegations, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
This matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Wethersfield Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Gustafson.
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