Omaha Resident Sentenced to 70 Months Following His Bank Robbery Conviction
| U.S. Attorney’s Office July 07, 2010 |
United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg and the Lincoln Police Department, Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announce the following information for the attention of the media:
Event Triggering this Release:
The Honorable Warren K. Urbom, Senior United States District Judge in Lincoln, Nebraska, on July 7, 2010, sentenced Marcus Lamar Short to 70 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for bank robbery. On October 6, 2008, Mr. Short, along with two co-defendants, Traves Rush and Curtis Cotton, robbed the Tier One Bank at 5300 South 56th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska. The bank reported the total amount of money stolen was $26,500.42. All but $2,090.47 was recovered when the defendants were arrested, and Short and Cotton have been ordered to pay restitution. All three were apprehended approximately 30 minutes after the robbery approximately 1 and 1/2 miles east of 84th & Highway 6, just east of Lincoln, by officers of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and the Lincoln Police Department, with the assistance of a Nebraska State Patrol helicopter. Mr. Short was indicted by a federal grand jury in October, 2009, pled guilty in April, 2010, and was sentenced on July 7, 2010. Rush was found guilty of the bank robbery on May 2, 2010, and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 29, 2010.
Name of Defendant: Marcus Lamar Short
AKA:
Age: 20
City of Residence: Omaha, Nebraska
Crime(s) Charged and Potential Penalty: Bank Robbery - 20 years' imprisonment; $250,000 fine;
three years term of supervised release, and $100 special assessment.
Specific Location of Alleged Crime: Lincoln, Nebraska
Location of Arrest: Lincoln, Nebraska
Alleged Dollar Loss/Type and Quantity of Drug: N/A
Others Charged in Same Scheme: Curtis Cotton, Traves Rush
Relevant Dates:
Date of Alleged Crime: 10/06/2008
Federal Arrest Date: 11/23/2009
Date Complaint Issued: N/A
Indictment Returned Date: 10/21/2009
Initial Appearance Date: 11/23/2009
Plea or Trial and Date(s): 04/14/2010
Sentencing Date: 07/07/2010
Next Court Hearing Type and Date: N/A
Assigned Magistrate Judge: Cheryl R. Zwart
Held without Bond, or Released from Custody: Held without Bond
In Continuous Custody Since: 11/23/2009
Assigned District Court Judge: Warren K. Urbom
Initials of Assigned AUSA/Preparer of THIS Release: ALE