Demitrius Alston, Bank Robbery, Nebraska 2024

Omaha Man Sentenced to 235 Months in $1 Million Dollar Bank Robbery Conspiracy

Omaha, Nebraska – Demitrius Alston, age 34, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced on August 14, 2024 in federal court in Omaha for bank robbery, attempted bank robbery, and conspiracy to commit interference with interstate commerce by way of robbery.

Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Alston to 235 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Alston will be required to complete a 3-year term of supervised release. The amount of restitution to be ordered will be determined at a future hearing.

Alston was indicted in three criminal cases in 2020. He is the last defendant to be sentenced in a conspiracy to rob federally insured banks across Nebraska, South Dakota, North Carolina, and Iowa between 2015 and 2020.

The first indictment returned by the grand jury charged him with conspiracy to commit interference with commerce by robbery involving four other defendants and fifteen banks. The defendants, who wore disguises and masks, would generally initiate “takeover” style robberies, establishing control of the employees and customers in the banks by brandishing firearms, enabling them to gain access to the vaults. In the conspiracy case, the defendants robbed federally insured banks of $959,147.68 between June 1, 2015, and June 22, 2018.

Next, Alston was indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The indictment charged him with robbing a Wells Fargo Bank on July 29, 2019 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The North Carolina case was later transferred from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska for disposition. During that robbery, Alston and another suspect robbed the bank of over $77,000.00 in a similar “takeover” style manner, fleeing in a 1993 Chevy Lumina.

The final indictment returned by the grand jury in the District of Nebraska charged Alston and a codefendant with attempted robbery of a Metro Credit Union and a robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank in Nebraska. On September 25, 2018, Alston and codefendant Brealon Goodwin attempted to rob a Metro Credit Union located on North 72nd Street in Omaha. Alston and Goodwin wore disguises and used a stolen red Jeep to flee. On September 28, 2018, Alston and Goodwin robbed the Wells Fargo Bank of over $16,000.00.

Alston was able to avoid arrest until September 27, 2021. During an interview with investigators, he admitted he participated in nearly two dozen robberies, including those charged. All the banks were federally insured.

Among the related defendants, Brealon Goodwin was sentenced to concurrent sentences of imprisonment for 69 months on each of three counts of conviction in two of the cases involving Alston. Kevin Brown was sentenced to consecutive sentences of imprisonment on two counts of conviction, totaling 128 months, Tristen Coleman was sentenced to consecutive sentences of imprisonment on two counts of conviction, totaling 108 months,

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