Antioch Teller Sentenced to Five Years for Bank Robbery

Inside Man Helped Plan Armed Robbery

June 9, 2010 - OAKLAND, CA—Daniel Ramsey was sentenced today to five years in prison, and ordered to pay $37,040.20 in restitution for conspiring to commit bank robbery, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello announced.

Following a five-day trial, Ramsey was convicted by jury on March 5, 2010, for conspiracy to commit bank robbery. During the trial, evidence showed that Ramsey, a teller at the Metro 1 Credit Union in Antioch, Calif., helped plan and execute an armed takeover of Metro 1. Ramsey modeled the plan after a takeover robbery of Metro 1 that he witnessed the previous year and used his inside knowledge of Metro 1's layout and security procedures to facilitate the eventual robbery.

Ramsey’s coconspirators executed the armed takeover robbery on Feb. 25, 2009. Ramsey was interviewed by law enforcement officers after the robbery but gave no indication that he was a member of the conspiracy. However, in the evening of Feb. 25, Ramsey met with his coconspirators to collect his share of the stolen proceeds and to help burn evidence of the robbery in an old barbecue grill.

Ramsey, 21, of Pittsburg, Calif., was indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 3, 2009. He was charged with conspiracy to commit bank robbery, armed bank robbery, and being an accessory after the fact.

Arrests were made in the case after an individual informed the Antioch Police Department that she had information implicating Ramsey and Angelo Leyesa, of Antioch, in the robbery.

The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Saundra B. Armstrong following a jury trial on three counts: 18 U.S.C. § 371, conspiracy to commit bank robbery; 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d), armed bank robbery; and 18 U.S.C. § 3, accessory after the fact. Judge Armstrong also sentenced the defendant to a three-year period of supervised release. The defendant has been in custody since March 5, 2010.

Joshua Hill and Skye Davis are the Assistant U.S. Attorneys who prosecuted the case with the assistance of Jeanne Carstensen and Laurie Best. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Antioch Police Department.