Richard Adams, Armed Bank Robbery, Maryland 2019

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Baltimore Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Armed Bank Robbery

A Baltimore man has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting the brandishing of a firearm during a crime of violence. Richard Adams, age 60, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced on February 23, 2023, by U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow in connection with armed bank robberies committed in Baltimore on January 23 and February 1, 2019.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; and Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department.

According to Adams’ guilty plea, he served as the getaway driver in connection with two armed bank robberies committed by his two co-defendants, Richard Tingler and David Gollahon. On January 23, 2019, Adams drove Tingler and Gollahon to a bank in the 3600 block of Boston Street in Baltimore, in a car he had rented two weeks earlier. The robbers were each armed and wore masks and gloves when they entered the bank. The victim teller handed over cash and the robbers ran away, accidentally dropping more than $5,000 in cash as they fled.

On February 1, 2019, Adams drove his co-defendants to a bank located in the 2900 block of O’Donnell Street in Baltimore, in a 2006 Chevy Monte Carlo that was registered to Adams. Tingler and Gollahon entered the bank armed with the same firearms they had used in the previous robbery and again wore masks and gloves to conceal their identities. The robbers pointed their firearms at the tellers and demanded money, and were later arrested with the help of a GPS tracker.

Adams’ co-defendants, Richard Tingler, age 56, and David Gollahon, age 59, both of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to the federal charges of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Tingler is expected to be sentenced to up to 18 years in federal prison, and Gollahon is expected to be sentenced to between 12 and 15 years in federal prison.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.