Bank Robber Pleads Guilty To A Series Of Robberies In 2013

Greenbelt, Maryland – Dallas Eric Dunmore, age 47, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to bank robbery.

Co-conspirators Derrick Hart, age 42, of District Heights, Maryland, and Teddy McCain, age 54, of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty on June 19, 2014, to the same charge.

The guilty pleas were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Washington Field Office; Chief Mark A. Magaw of the Prince George’s County Police Department; Chief J. Thomas Manger of the Montgomery County Police Department; and Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler.

According to the defendants’ plea agreements, Dallas Dunmore, Hart and McCain robbed or attempted to rob banks in Maryland and Virginia. In each robbery Dallas Dunmore entered the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money. On one occasion, the note also stated that he had a gun, while on two other occasions Dunmore told the teller that he or another conspirator had a gun. McCain waited outside during each robbery. Hart also waited outside during the robberies, except on June 19, 2013, when Hart entered the bank with Dallas Dunmore and another conspirator.

The total proceeds from the five robberies in which Dunmore participated are $5,370; and the total proceeds from the six robberies in which Hart and McCain participated are $8,437.

Dunmore, Hart and McCain each face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for bank robbery. U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm has scheduled sentencing for Dunmore on December 17, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. McCain is scheduled to be sentence on September 29, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. and Hart is scheduled to be sentenced on October 20, 2014 at 10:30 a.m.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the FBI; Prince George’s and Montgomery County Police Departments; the Arlington, Fairfax, and Alexandria, Virginia Police Departments; and the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Mitchell and Special Assistant United States Attorney Gerald A. A. Collins, a cross designated Maryland Assistant Attorney General, who are prosecuting the case.