ORLANDO—United States Attorney Robert E.
O’Neill announces that Harvey William Ward (64, Dania Beach) pled guilty
yesterday, in two separate cases, charging him with bank robbery. Ward faces a
maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison in each case. A sentencing date
has not yet been set.
According to the facts presented at the
plea hearing, in December 2011, Ward robbed two banks in neighboring counties.
On December 15, 2011, he entered a Vero Beach branch of Chase Bank, wearing
bandages on his face to disguise his appearance. Ward approached the teller
line, pretended to have a firearm, and told bank employees that he would “blast
them” if they did not give him the money. He then fled the bank after obtaining
$3,887. The following day, Ward robbed an Indialantic branch of TD Bank in the same
manner. He was later captured by law enforcement, and $3,091.50 in stolen bank
funds were recovered.
According to the plea agreement,
following his arrest, Ward advised the detectives that he had committed both
bank robberies. He added that at the time that he had committed these crimes,
he was serving a term of supervised release for a previous bank robbery. He
stated that he had “tried to control [his] impulse [to rob banks] but just
couldn’t do it.”
This case was investigated by the Vero
Beach Police Department, the Indialantic Police Department, and the Brevard
Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It is being
prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert E. Bodnar, Jr.
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