New York Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Bergen County Bank

NEWARK, N.J. — A brazen bank robbery in Bergen County, New Jersey, has led to a guilty plea from a New York man.

Isaac Nesbit, 30, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of bank robbery.

According to the documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Nesbit admitted that January 20, 2017, he robbed a Bank of New Jersey in Fort Lee. Nesbit admitted that he handed a teller a hand-written note demanding cash and threatening to shoot everyone in the bank if the teller did not comply.

The bank robbery charge carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. Sentencing is scheduled for October 17, 2017.

Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick credited special agents with the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher in Newark; the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal; and the Fort Lee Police Department, under the direction of Chief Keith M. Bendul, with the investigation leading to the conviction.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sammi Malek of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark.

Defense counsel Patrick McMahon Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark, represented Nesbit in the case.

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