Marque Greene-Pendergrass, Bank Robbery, Connecticut 2020

A New Haven man is facing federal charges for allegedly robbing two banks at gunpoint in December 2019 and January 2020.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Marque Greene-Pendergrass, 31, of New Haven, brandished a revolver and robbed a TD Bank located at 128 Amity Road in Woodbridge, stealing $7,139 on December 27, 2019.

On January 7, 2020, Greene-Pendergrass brandished a revolver and robbed a Citizens Bank located at 430 Foxon Boulevard in East Haven, stealing $11,600. During the second robbery, Greene-Pendergrass discharged the firearm.

The indictment charges Greene-Pendergrass with two counts of bank robbery with a dangerous weapon, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 25 years on each count; one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, an offense that carries a mandatory consecutive term of imprisonment of at least seven years; and one count of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, an offense that carries a mandatory consecutive term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.

Greene-Pendergrass is currently incarcerated serving an unrelated state sentence.

U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This ongoing investigation is being conducted by the FBI’s Connecticut Violent Crimes Task Force with the assistance of the Woodbridge and East Haven Police Departments. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Ruff through Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

Marque Greene-Pendergrass, 31, of New Haven, Connecticut; Charges: Bank Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon (2 counts), Brandishing a Firearm during a Crime of Violence, Discharging a Firearm during a Crime of Violence; City and State: New Haven, Connecticut; Exact Date: December 27, 2019, and January 7, 2020; Sentence or Outcome: Currently incarcerated serving an unrelated state sentence; Dollar Amounts: $7,139 and $11,600.