BEAUMONT, TX—A 46-year-old Daisetta,
Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for a string of bank robberies,
including two in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M.
Bales today.
John Steven Stark pleaded guilty on May
3, 2012 to two counts of bank robbery and was sentenced to 169 months in
federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark. Stark was also ordered
to pay restitution in the amount of $5,390.17.
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 was 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.
This case was 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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