Man Who Robbed Sterling Bank Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — A D.C. man convicted of robbing a Sterling bank was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison last week, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Virginia.

Authorities said the man, Amobi Chibuza Agu, robbed the Bank of America in Dulles Crossing Plaza in Sterling on Jan. 2, 2021. Agu pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence, second offense. As part of his plea deal, he also admitted to robbing two Maryland jewelry stores at gunpoint in January 2021.

In the morning of Jan. 2, 2021, Agu pointed a gun at a bank teller and an unarmed security guard during a bank robbery, authorities said. No injuries were reported during the robbery, police said at the time.

Court documents that Agu committed seven armed bank robberies in Maryland and Virginia in 2007 and 2008. In 2008, a federal court convicted Agu. He remained in prison until 2020, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.