Andrew Rendflash, Bank Robberies and Convenience Store Robbery, New York 2014
Andrew Rendflash Pleads Guilty to Bank Robberies and Convenience Store Robbery
A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to seven bank robberies and a convenience store robbery in New York, New Jersey, and other states.
Andrew Rendflash, 36, pleaded guilty to the crimes in White Plains federal court on August 11, 2014. The robberies occurred between April 2013 and January 2014 in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
The defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison for each of the eight counts to which he pleaded guilty.
Rendflash was previously arrested on Connecticut state charges and detained. He was arraigned on an eight-count Information before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith on August 11, 2014, and pleaded guilty to all counts today.
The robberies included the robbery of a branch of First Niagara Bank in Ridgefield, Connecticut, on January 24, 2014; the robbery of a branch of Citizen's Bank in Coventry, Rhode Island, on December 26, 2013; and the robbery of a convenience store in Waterbury, Connecticut, on November 16, 2013.
Rendflash is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nelson S. Román in White Plains federal court on November 14, 2014, at 10:30 a.m.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI, the New York State Police, the Connecticut State Police, and other agencies involved in the case.
The prosecution is being handled by the Office's White Plains Division, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Gerber in charge.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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