BISMARCK – Colt D. Schneider, a 20-year-old man from Rapid City, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for bank robbery in North Dakota.
On October 18, 2012, at approximately 8:20 a.m., two men wearing black ski masks and carrying guns entered American Bank Center in New England, North Dakota. The men obtained money from a bank employee and fled the scene.
During the investigation, it was discovered that one of the bank robbers had stopped at a gas station in New England and purchased gas shortly before the robbery. A detective with the Rapid City Police Department recognized the man in the gas station video as Colt Schneider.
Schneider and his accomplice, Johnner Joe Ward, Jr., were found to have worked for a construction company in Rapid City and had worked on a construction job in New England a few months before the robbery.
Schneider was arrested on November 10, 2012, in Sarasota, Florida, and was returned to North Dakota. He was found guilty by a federal jury on August 22, 2013, and sentenced on November 20, 2013.
Schneider was sentenced to serve one day with the Bureau of Prisons on the charge of bank robbery. He was also sentenced to 7 years with the Bureau of Prisons on the charge of use and carry of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. The two sentences will run consecutively, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
Schneider was also ordered to pay a $200 special assessment to the Crime Victim’s Fund and restitution of $4,053.35.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Hettinger County Sheriff’s Department, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Dickinson Police Department, Bismarck Police Department, Rapid City Police Department, Midland Police Department, Bradenton Police Department, and Florida Game & Fish.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Hagler prosecuted the case.
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Key Facts
- State: North Dakota
- Category: Violent Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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