PHILADELPHIA—Dragos Ungurean, 30, of
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to attempting to rob the
Wyomissing branch of M&T Bank on March 19, 2012. Ungurean walked into the
bank, located at 800 Penn Avenue in Wyomissing, threatened to blow up a bomb or
explosive device attached to his person, and demanded money. Ungurean was
subdued and handcuffed after a scuffle with an on-duty plain clothes
investigator from the Wyomissing Police Department. The officer was utilizing
the bank as a customer at the time of the attempted robbery. The bomb or
explosive device was fake.
Sentencing is scheduled for September
27, 2012. Ungurean faces an advisory sentencing guideline range of
approximately 60 months in prison and a possible fine. He will be sentenced by
U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence F. Stengel.
This case was investigated by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Allentown, Pennsylvania Resident Agency; the
Wyomissing, Berks County Police Department; and the Berks County District
Attorney’s Office, and it is being prosecuted by Assistant United States
Attorney Ewald Zittlau.
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