BEAUMONT, TX—A 46-year-old Daisetta,
Texas man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges in the Eastern District of
Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
John Steven Stark pleaded guilty to two
counts of bank robbery today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn.
According to information presented in
court, on January 30, 2012, Stark entered the Bank of America at 2625 Calder in
Beaumont and handed a teller a note stating, “This is a bank robbery.” The
teller complied with the demands of the note and provided the man with the cash
from her teller drawer totaling $3,338.
On February 2, 2012, Stark robbed the
Comerica Bank branch office located at 3135 Southwest Freeway in Houston. Stark
used a note which he handed to a bank teller before making off with $2,632.
Surveillance video captured several
images of the man during the robberies, which were then circulated by broadcast
news. The man was identified as Stark and he was arrested on February 8, 2012
in Beaumont following a third bank robbery.
Stark faces up to 20 years in federal
prison at sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set.
This case is being investigated by the
FBI, the Beaumont Police Department, the Houston Police Department, and the
Daisetta Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John
Craft.
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