U.S. Department of Justice Jeffrey A. Taylor United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Judiciary Center 555 4 th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Information, Contact Public Affairs Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Channing Phillips (202) 514-6933

Serial bank robber pleads guilty to robbing five banks during a six-week span

Washington, D.C. - A 58-year-old District of Columbia man, Jerome M. Carter, has pled guilty to robbing five banks in the District of Columbia during a six-week period this past summer, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor announced.

Carter entered his guilty pleas on Friday, October 5, 2007, in U.S. District Court before the Honorable Reggie Walton to five counts of Bank Robbery. Carter faces a likely sentencing guideline range of 130 to 162 months of imprisonment when he is sentenced on January 16, 2008.

The defendant admitted during the plea proceeding that he committed five bank robberies in June and July 2007, including the robberies of the Wachovia Bank, at 1150 K Street, NW, on June 18, 2007; the United Bank, at 1875 I Street, NW, on June 29, 2007; the Wachovia Bank, at 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, on July 11, 2007; the Citibank, at 1749½ Columbia Road, NW, on July 16, 2007; and the SunTrust Bank, at 965 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, on July 23, 2007.

Pursuant to the plea agreement, the defendant also agreed to pay restitution with respect to four additional bank robberies that took place in January and February 2007 and to forfeit a vehicle that he had purchased with $7500 in cash that he had obtained in the July 23rd robbery. In each robbery, the defendant verbally demanded money and stated that he had a gun. During several of the robberies, the defendant also displayed an object wrapped in a cloth or newspaper to emphasize his demand for money. The defendant obtained a total of approximately $22,500 from the nine robberies.

In announcing the guilty plea, U.S. Attorney Taylor commended the excellent work of the investigators in the case, particularly FBI Special Agent Sean Fitzgerald and MPD Detective Anthony (A.J.) Johnson of the Bank Robbery Squad. He also commended Assistant U.S. Attorneys Angela Schmidt, who investigated and prosecuted the case, and Diane Lucas, who handled the forfeiture, for their work on the case.