NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that
on Thursday, October 17, 2019, JOHN L. MURRAY, age 66, was sentenced to 41
months imprisonment by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon for
violating federal law by committing a bank robbery at the Hancock Whitney Bank
in New Orleans. Additionally, MURRAY was
ordered to pay $500 in restitution, serve (3) years of supervised release and
pay a 100.00 special assessment fee.
According to court documents, MURRAY robbed the Hancock
Whitney Bank located at 2421 St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana on
February 13, 2019. He presented two
hand written demand notes to the bank teller and requested five $100 dollar
bills in U.S. currency from the bank teller.
MURRAY was apprehended on February 17, 2019.
U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the New Orleans Police Department in investigating
this matter. Assistant United States Attorney
Julia K. Evans is in charge of the prosecution.
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