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Pensacola Man Sentenced to 47 Years for Armed Bank Robberies

U.S. Attorney’s Office March 18, 2010
  • Northern District of Florida (850) 942-8430

PENSACOLA, FL—Thomas F. Kirwin, United States Attorney for Northern District of Florida announced that James Johnson, 35, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Casey M. Rodgers to 47.5 years in federal prison following Johnson’s guilty plea to two counts of bank robbery and two counts of use of a firearm during and in relation to bank robbery.

Johnson and his co-defendant, Jerome Edward Morgan, both pled guilty to robbing the United Bank in Pace, Florida on May 30, 2008, as well as the related charge of using a firearm during and in relation to that robbery. In addition, Johnson, Morgan and another co-defendant, Christopher Isaiah Woodberry, pled guilty to the June 6, 2008 robbery of the Central Credit Union of Florida in Pensacola, Florida, as well as the related charge of use of a firearm during and in relation to that bank robbery.

Jerome Edward Morgan was sentenced to a term of 40 years in federal prison by Judge Rodgers on February 11, 2009. Woodberry was sentenced by Judge Rodgers to a term of 23 years and eight months in federal prison on February 27, 2009.

Praising the investigation of the robberies that led to the identification and capture of these suspects, Mr. Kirwin stated, “This case was a model of collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s office, and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The sentence demonstrates that punishment will be severe for those committing armed offenses that threaten the safety of innocent persons.”

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Edwin Knight.

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