NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that
earlier today TROYNELL COOKS (“COOKS”), age 40, of Thibodaux, was sentenced to
77 months imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Sarah S. Vance for
committing a bank robbery. Additionally,
COOKS was ordered to serve (3) years of supervised release and pay a $100.00
special assessment fee.
According to court documents, on October 29, 2018, COOKS
entered the Hancock Bank located at 2421 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans,
Louisiana. COOKS handed a demand note to
the teller with instructions to put money in an envelope because he had a gun
and nothing to lose. COOKS stood by a
teller’s counter with his right hand in his pocket and gave the impression that
he was armed with a firearm. COOKS
received some cash from the teller and exited the bank. After a brief chase, law enforcement
officials successfully apprehended COOKS not far from the bank’s location and
recovered the stolen money.
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 Duane A. Evans is prosecuting the case.
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