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Two Men Sentenced for Armed Bank Robbery

U.S. Attorney’s Office April 21, 2010
  • Eastern District of Oklahoma (918) 684-5100

MUSKOGEE, OK—Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JAMES ROBERT HUGHART, age 22, of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and JOSHUA ALLEN TONEY, age 24, of Porum, Oklahoma were both sentenced to 125 months’ imprisonment for bank robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2113(a) & 2 and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(c)(1)(A) and 2. The defendants were also ordered to pay $14,512.00 in restitution.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. HUGHART was indicted in December 2009, along with TONEY. Both defendants pled guilty to the charges in January, 2010.

Evidence in this case established that on November 23, 2009, HUGHART, an employee of the Bank of Commerce in Keys, Oklahoma, assisted TONEY by allowing him to enter through a back door. A plan the two had discussed for at least two weeks. TONEY brandished a .22 caliber pistol, demanded that all employees close the blinds and forced them into the bathroom. TONEY told the employees if they left the bathroom he would kill them. TONEY then gathered money from teller drawers and an unlocked teller safe and left the bank with approximately $31,504.00 in cash.

When interviewed by agents, HUGHART admitted to planning, participating in and supplying the weapon used in the robbery. At that time HUGHART turned over $14,652.00 in cash to the FBI agents.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over today’s hearing. The defendants will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending transportation to the designated federal prison at which they will serve their nonparolable sentences.

Assistant United States Attorney Dean Burris represented the United States.

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