Odain J. Johnson, Armed Bank Robbery, Connecticut 2015

HARTFORD, Connecticut – On January 10, 2015, two masked men, at least one of whom brandished a firearm, entered the First Niagara Bank at 2133 Poquonock Avenue in Windsor.

According to court documents and statements made in court, the two men vaulted the teller counter, directed two bank employees to the bank vault and ordered one of the employees to open the vault. Once inside the vault, the men ordered the bank employees to the ground and took cash from the vault. The men also ordered bank employees to open teller drawers and proceeded to take an additional amount of money from the drawers.

During the robbery, a customer entered the bank. One of the masked men pointed a gun at the customer, ordered him to the ground and told him not to look up. After exiting the bank, the men confronted a second customer who was about to enter the bank. One of the men pointed a gun at the customer and stated “If you say anything, we’ll shoot you….”

A total of $81,530 was stolen from the bank.

On January 10 at approximately 9:45 p.m., law enforcement executed a search warrant at David M. Johnson’s Enfield residence and found a total of $81,946 in cash, most of which was bound by First Niagara Bank strapping that was initialed by one of victim bank employees. Investigators also found and seized other items allegedly used during the robbery earlier that day, as well as a .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun with a fully-loaded magazine.

ODAIN JOHNSON was arrested on January 17, 2015, in Lewiston, Maine, and has been detained since his arrest. On May 29, 2015, ODAIN JOHNSON pleaded guilty to one count of armed bank robbery and admitted that he brandished a firearm during the offense.

On August 31, 2015, David M. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery related to the First Niagara Bank robbery, and also admitted that he committed the armed bank robbery of the Nutmeg State Federal Credit Union in East Windsor on July 21, 2014, and the Nutmeg State Credit Union in Glastonbury on November 7, 2014, stealing $109,166 and $84,145, respectively.

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny sentenced ODAIN J. JOHNSON, 22, of Hartford, to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing the armed robbery of the First Niagara Bank in Windsor in January.

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