Earl Moss, Bank Robbery, New York 2010

Buffalo Man Sentenced for Bank Robberies

Earl Moss, a 29-year-old Buffalo man, was sentenced to 171 months in prison for committing four bank robberies in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, in 2010 and 2011. Moss was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $48,636.00.

The defendant robbed four banks in Buffalo and Amherst, including the Citizens Bank at 3180 Sheridan Drive in Amherst and the Citizens Bank at 1893 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Moss, wearing women’s clothing, passed the tellers a note demanding money. In one instance, the dye pack in the bank money exploded, and Moss abandoned the money, which was recovered by a nearby citizen.

On another occasion, Moss, wearing a hooded sweat shirt and sunglasses, waived a silver handgun and demanded money from the bank tellers. A customer in the bank took pursuit after Moss and fired four shots from a pistol he had a permit to carry, but none of the shots struck Moss. Moss escaped with the money.

Moss moved to the Atlanta, Georgia, area after the first two robberies but was arrested in early December 2010, following an armed robbery of a bank in Atlanta. The Federal Bureau of Investigation received information that Moss may be responsible for the robbery as well as the Buffalo area robberies. As a result, the FBI gathered sufficient evidence, which led to Moss’s arrest two days after the last robbery.

The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Amherst Police Department, and the Buffalo Police Department. U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced the sentencing, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys John E. Rogowski and Edward H. White handled the case.

Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny sentenced Moss to 171 months in prison. The defendant has been incarcerated since his arrest. Moss’s crimes caused significant disruption to the community, and his sentence reflects the seriousness of his offenses.

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