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Convenience Store Robberies and Money Laundering Land Iowa Man in Prison
A Maryland man’s string of convenience store robberies and money laundering has finally come to an end, thanks to a federal conviction in the Northern District of Iowa.
Andrew Philip Derr, 22, of Fredrick, Maryland, was convicted of two convenience store robberies and money laundering after a series of robberies in the Cedar Rapids area. Derr was previously convicted of robbing the Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust on Council Street in Cedar Rapids on January 3, 2024.
The convenience store robberies took place on December 27, 2023, at the Casey’s General Store in Robins, Iowa, where Derr stole over $7,000 in cash, and on January 1, 2024, at the Kum & Go store on Four Oaks Drive in Cedar Rapids, where Derr stole an undisclosed amount of cash.
Following each robbery, Derr laundered the stolen funds by making multiple deposits into his Maryland Bank account to disguise the nature, source of ownership of the funds. In total, Derr laundered more than $4,800 in stolen cash.
“Catch me if you can.” That’s what a note said at Derr’s Iowa City, Iowa, apartment when the United States Marshals Service tried to arrest him. But Derr was able to evade capture for a time, turning himself in to the Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff’s Office on January 12, 2024.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick J. Reinert. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, the United States Marshals Service’s Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force, the Cedar Rapids Police Department, Robins Police Department, Linn County Attorney’s Office, the University of Iowa Police Department, and the Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff’s Office all contributed to the investigation.
Derr faces a possible maximum sentence of 60 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, and 3 years of supervised release following any imprisonment. He must also forfeit the stolen funds from the convenience store robberies and the money that he laundered, and will be required to pay restitution to the victims of his crimes.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams will be set after a presentence report is prepared.
The case file number is 24-CR-00105. Interested parties can access court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime|White Collar Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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