Rockford Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years for Armed Robberies of Banks in New Milford and Orangeville

ROCKFORD, IL—PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; ROBERT D. GRANT, Special Agent-In-Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; RICHARD MEYERS, Winnebago County Sheriff; and DAVID SNYDERS, Stephenson County Sheriff, today made the following announcement:

Today, United States District Judge Frederick J. Kapala sentenced JOSEPH D. ANDERSON, 28, of Rockford, to 23 years and eight months in federal prison for the October 16, 2009 armed robbery of the Holcomb State Bank in New Milford, and the June 25, 2010 armed robbery of the Community Bank in Orangeville. Anderson will not be eligible for parole.

Anderson was arrested on June 25, 2010, after the robbery of the Community Bank in Orangeville, and charged with that crime. He has been in federal custody since that date. On July 27, 2010, Anderson and two others were indicted for the armed robbery of the Community Bank.

On January 5, 2011, Anderson pleaded guilty to both robberies. In pleading guilty, Anderson admitted that he carried firearms during the robbery of the Community Bank on June 25, 2010 and that he committed the armed robbery of the Holcomb State Bank on October 19, 2009. Anderson was sentenced to 284 months of imprisonment and was ordered to pay $109,929 in restitution to the Holcomb State Bank. Anderson was not ordered to pay restitution to the Community Bank in Orangeville because all of the stolen proceeds were recovered at the time of Anderson’s arrest on June 25, 2010.

DAMARCEO PASHCOL, 24, of Rockford, previously pleaded guilty to participating in the armed robbery of the Community Bank in Orangeville and to carrying a firearm during that robbery. On March 7, 2011, Paschol was sentenced to 90 months’ imprisonment for the bank robbery and for carrying a firearm during the robbery. MONARE MOORE, 23, of Rockford, pleaded guilty on January 21, 2011 to the armed robbery of the Community Bank in Orangeville and to carrying a firearm during that robbery. In his plea agreement, Moore also admitted that he and Anderson committed the armed robbery of the Holcomb State Bank on October 16, 2009. Moore will be sentenced on May 17, 2011. Paschol and Moore have also been in federal custody since their arrests on June 25, 2010.

The case was investigated by the Rockford Office of the FBI, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department, and the Stephenson County Sheriff’s Department, with the assistance of the Rock County, Wisconsin Sheriff’s Department. The case is being prosecuted in federal court by Assistant United States Attorney JOSEPH C. PEDERSEN.