Gulfport, Miss. – Clifford Randell Montague, 53, of
Hattiesburg, pled guilty Friday before U.S. District Sul Ozerden to bank
robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special
Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
On February 23, 2019, Montague robbed a credit union in
Gautier, Mississippi, by handing a teller a note threatening to shoot if she
did not put money in a bag. Montague went on to rob a bank in Pace, Florida, on
March 4, and another bank in Ellisville, Mississippi on March 18. Each time,
Montague used a note. He was stopped in Memphis, Tennessee, driving a stolen
car from Florida and confessed to FBI agents.
Montague will be sentenced by Judge Ozerden on November 25,
2019, at 10:00 a.m. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a
$250,000 fine.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force
investigated the case. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States
Attorney Annette Williams.
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