DALLAS—Joseph Demont Anderson, 32, of
Dallas, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 210
months in federal prison, following his conviction at trial in May for robbing
a Chase Bank in Dallas earlier this year, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R.
Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
According to evidence presented at
trial, on January 18, 2012, Anderson and co-defendant Jeremy Butler, 25, robbed
the Chase Bank branch located at 1838 S. Buckner Blvd. in Dallas. Butler
entered the bank and robbed it, while Anderson drove Butler to the bank for the
purpose of robbing it. After Butler robbed the bank, Anderson picked him up,
but when they saw the police following them, Anderson stopped his vehicle, and
they decided to run.
The evidence also showed that Anderson
was captured not far from the vehicle after a brief foot chase, while Butler
was eventually found inside a residence where officers were alerted by a woman
inside. When officers approached the residence, the woman looked out of the
window and frantically told officers that someone was in her house. Officers
assisted the woman out of the window and then entered the house. Officers found
Butler hiding in the kitchen and the money from the robbery hidden under a
mattress.
While Butler, who has been in custody
since his arrest, filed plea papers in March 2012, the court granted his motion
last week to withdraw the filed factual resume. In May 2012, the court ordered
that Butler undergo a psychiatric examination, and currently, the defendant has
a motion pending that requests a hearing to establish his mental capacity.
The case was investigated by the Dallas
Police Department and the FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Keith Robinson and
Brandon McCarthy prosecuted.
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