TRENTON—A Trenton, New Jersey man was
indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing a bank; then, nine months
later, carjacking a vehicle and then robbing the same bank later that day,
shooting two people in the course of that conduct, U.S. Attorney Paul J.
Fishman announced.
Jeffrey Garrett, 34, is charged in a
six-count Indictment with armed robbery of a Chase Bank in Hamilton, New Jersey
on November 10, 2010; brandishing a firearm in connection with the robbery;
carjacking on August 23, 2011; discharging of a firearm in connection with the
carjacking; bank robbery later that day; and discharging of a firearm in
connection with the second bank robbery. Garrett had previously been arrested
and charged by complaint with the November 10, 2012 robbery and remains in
federal custody.
If convicted, Garrett faces 25 years
each for the two bank robberies and the carjacking and mandatory consecutive
sentences of seven years to 25 years for the brandishing and discharging
charges and a $250,000 fine.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special
agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B.
Ward; officers of the Hamilton Township Police Department, under the direction
of Police Chief James W. Collins; officers of the Trenton Police Department,
under the direction of Acting Police Director David Armitage; and the U.S.
Marshals Service with the investigation leading to today’s indictment.
An arraignment in Trenton federal court
will be scheduled.
The government is represented by
Assistant U.S. Attorneys R. Joseph Gribko and John E. Clabby of the U.S.
Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Trenton.
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