Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Robbing Bank of Albuquerque Branch in May 2013

ALBUQUERQUE—Richard Sedillo, 36, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced earlier today to 51 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his bank robbery conviction.

Sedillo was arrested on May 30, 2013, based on a criminal complaint charging him with bank robbery and subsequently was indicted on the same charge on June 12, 2013. According to the indictment, Sedillo robbed the Bank of Albuquerque branch located in the Albertson’s Supermarket at 10131 Coors Blvd. NE in Albuquerque on May 30, 2013.

On August 26, 2013, Sedillo entered a guilty plea to the indictment. In his plea agreement, Sedillo admitted that on May 30, 2013, he approached a bank teller at the bank and handed the teller a note that “told the teller to hand me money or else I would shoot.” After the teller gave money to Sedillo, Sedillo left the bank.

Court records reflect that the teller observed Sedillo get into a truck and provided the truck’s license plate number to law enforcement authorities. That information led to Sedillo’s arrest later that day, as well as the recovery of most of the money taken by Sedillo during the bank robbery.

This case was investigated by the Albuquerque Field Office of the FBI and the Albuquerque Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paige Messec.