PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Verona, Pennsylvania, has
been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 72 months to be
followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of bank
robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the
sentence on Christopher Gregg, 46, formerly Verona, Pennsylvania.
According to the information presented to the court, on
February 22, 2016, Christopher Gregg walked into First Commonwealth Bank in
Edgewood and passed the teller a note, which stated, "no dye packs, hand
over the money". Gregg kept his hand in the left pocket of his jacket and
acted as though he had a gun in his waist area. He took $4,799 from the teller
along with the note. Gregg was identified after surveillance video was shown on
the news. He confessed to robbing the bank and stated that he spent all of the
money on drugs.
Assistant United States Attorney Shanicka L. Kennedy
prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the
Allegheny County Police and Edgewood Police Department conducted the investigation
leading to the Indictment in this case.
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