Bronx Man Gets 3+ Years For Robbing Fort Lee Bank

FORT LEE, NJ — A Bronx, New York man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for robbing a borough bank at knifepoint in January 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Andrew Dominguez, 39, previously plead guilty to bank robbery before U.S. District Judge William H. Walls. Dominguez was arrested Jan. 13, 2017. (See related: Armed Robber Of Fort Lee Bank Caught In NYC: Police)

Dominguez entered the bank, approached one of the tellers, and jumped onto the counter separating the tellers from customers, Carpenito said.

Holding a large kitchen knife, Dominguez demanded money and told the teller to give me all the money in the tellers' drawers and threatened to kill her if she did not. The teller did as she was told and Dominguez then allegedly jumped back over the counter and fled the bank on foot, Carpenito said.

While searching near the bank, law enforcement officials found a large kitchen knife from a dumpster behind the bank, Carpenito said. They also found two blue rubber gloves, a gray hooded sweatshirt and a dark wool hat on the street a few blocks near the bank.

Authorities later found Dominguez in the Bronx and arrested him, Carpenito said. Officials did not say how much was stolen from the bank.

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