Andre Mitchell Brown, Armed Bank Robbery, California 2016

SAN FRANCISCO – Two San Francisco residents, Andre Mitchell Brown and Javier Raymond Jenkins, were charged with conspiracy and armed bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.

The defendants made an initial appearance today before the Honorable Maria-Elena James, U.S. Magistrate Judge, on an indictment issued by a federal grand jury on February 28, 2017.

According to the indictment, Brown and Jenkins surveilled five separate locations in an effort to find a bank or credit union to rob. The indictment further alleges that on August 12, 2016, the defendants traveled to a Richmond District bank on Geary Street where Brown, carrying a .38 caliber pistol in his jacket, approached the bank wearing a wig, fake beard and mustache, sunglasses, jacket, and a glove on his left hand.

The indictment alleges that the men attempted to rob the bank. The defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and attempted armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting attempted armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113 and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

In addition, Brown was charged with being a felon in possession of firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and using, carrying, and possessing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).

An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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