Broomall Man Sentenced For 4 Bank Robberies

BROOMALL, PA — A Broomall man convicted of four bank robberies in about a week's time was hit with a prison sentence Wednesday.

United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said Michael George, 31, of Broomall, was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $4,790 in both forfeiture and restitution for committing four bank robberies over the course of about a week in March 2020.

In December 2021, George pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robbery in connection with three incidents at banks in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia and one on the Main Line in Montgomery County.

George admitted to robbing the TD Bank on East Butler Street in Philadelphia on March 7, 2020; the Wells Fargo Bank on Aramingo Avenue in Philadelphia on March 16, 2020; the WSFS Bank on Aramingo Avenue in Philadelphia on March 16, 2020; and the PNC Bank on Youngsford Road in Gladwyne on March 17, 2020.

During each robbery, George threatened a bank employee with death for failure to comply with his demand for money; he stole a total of nearly $4,800 from the banks.