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Surprise, Arizona Man Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Federal Prison for Armed Bank Robbery

U.S. Attorney’s Office March 31, 2011
  • District of Arizona (602) 514-7500

PHOENIX—U.S. District Court Judge James A. Teilborg sentenced Christopher Joseph Oliver, of Surprise, Arizona, to 85 months in federal prison on Wednesday for his role in a single armed bank robbery that occurred in Phoenix. Oliver, 23, pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery on November 9, 2010.

On June 5, 2010, Oliver and his co-defendants, Christopher Lamont Downing and Eustace Shawn Miles, entered Comerica Bank in Phoenix wearing sunglasses and hats. After entering the bank, Oliver and co-defendant Downing pointed a .40 caliber pistol and BB gun at the bank tellers, demanded money, and threatened the tellers. Oliver and Downing then ordered the tellers to the vault area of the bank, where Oliver and his co-defendants restrained the tellers by binding their wrists and ankles with duct tape. Oliver and his co-defendants emptied the teller drawers and the bank’s vault. Christopher Lamont Downing and Eustace Shawn Miles are currently awaiting trial for their roles in this armed bank robbery.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Phoenix Police Department conducted the investigation and Christina J. Reid-Moore, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix, handled the prosecution.

CASE NUMBERS: CR-10-0799-PHX-JAT
RELEASE NUMBER: 2010-055(Oliver)

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