Antoine L. Jackson, Bank Robbery, Wisconsin 2023

Antoine L. Jackson, a 30-year-old Milwaukee man, has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for his role in a string of bank robberies.

According to court documents, Jackson was part of a robbery crew that committed multiple bank robberies in Milwaukee between September 15, 2021, and December 23, 2021. He was directly involved in three bank robberies at the Wells Fargo Bank located at 7600 West Hampton Avenue.

During the robberies, Jackson and his co-actors passed notes to the bank tellers, threatening that unless they were given money, they would blow up the building or kill everyone inside the bank.

The government presented forensic evidence recovered from two of the crime scenes tying Jackson to the robberies. The evidence also showed that Jackson possessed a firearm, leaving his DNA on three parts of the weapon, when he was not legally allowed to possess a firearm due to a prior felony conviction.

Furthermore, after Jackson’s arrest on January 26, 2022, he made calls from jail in which he provided instructions to have a suspected informant seriously injured.

At sentencing, Judge Lynn Adelman discussed Jackson’s extensive criminal history, which includes prior convictions for bank robbery. The judge noted the seriousness of Jackson’s conduct, the trauma he brought upon the employees of the banks he victimized, and the concerning nature of his role in recruiting and training younger men to conduct bank robberies.

The judge acknowledged that Jackson’s prior sentences failed to deter him from committing further crimes and indicated that the 16-year sentence is an effort to justly punish Jackson and deter him and others from committing violent offenses in the future.

The case was investigated by the FBI’s Milwaukee Area Violent Crimes Task Force and the Milwaukee Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Deputy Criminal Chief Margaret B. Honrath and Assistant United States Attorney Kate M. Biebel.

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