Virginia Man Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for the Robbery
of Chevy Chase Bank in Downtown D.C.
Bank Robbery was the First of Two Committed by the Defendant in Three Days in May 2007

WASHINGTON - Donald Kirk, 43, of Springfield, Virginia, was sentenced on October 8, 2008, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before the Honorable Richard J. Leon to 96 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release following his July 2008 guilty plea to one count of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor, Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy L. Lanier.

Kirk will also be required to pay restitution in the amount of $1,751.00. His sentence was ordered by the Court to run concurrent with an 11-year period of incarceration he is currently serving for the robbery of the BB&T Bank in Springfield, Virginia, on May 9, 2007.

According to the Statement of Offense filed with the Court by the government, on May 7, 2007, at approximately 5:40 p.m., the defendant entered the Chevy Chase Bank at 650 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C., and approached teller window number four. The defendant put a handwritten note under the teller window that read “this is a hold up. Don’t move. Give me all the money. I have a gun and will shoot.” A bank teller placed loose cash in the teller slot, which the defendant took, while another bank teller activated the bank’s silent alarm system. The defendant then left the Chevy Chase Bank and fled on foot with the loose cash, leaving behind the robbery demand note. This incident was captured on the Chevy Chase Bank surveillance video. The total loss to Chevy Chase Bank was $1,751.00.

On May 9, 2007, the defendant was arrested in Springfield, Virginia, for the bank robbery of the BB&T Bank. Special Agent Mike Pinto of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who was assigned to investigate the robbery of the Chevy Chase Bank on May 7, 2007, learned of the defendant’s arrest. Special Agent Pinto went to the police station in Springfield, Virginia, viewed the defendant and recognized him from the Chevy Chase Bank surveillance video as the individual who had robbed that bank on May 7, 2007. On May 14, 2007, two witnesses separately viewed a photo array and positively identified the defendant as the individual who had committed the robbery of the Chevy Chase Bank on May 7, 2007. On February 8, 2008, Kirk was sentenced in Virginia to a period of incarceration of 11 years for his robbery of the BB&T Bank on May 9, 2007.

In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Taylor, FBI Assistant Director in Charge Persichini, and MPD Chief Lanier commended the outstanding investigative work of Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Mike Pinto and Metropolitan Police Detective A.J. Johnson. They also praised the work of Assistant U.S. Attorney Karla-Dee Clark, who prosecuted this case and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Louis Ramos, who secured the indictment.

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