A south Florida man was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to make restitution of over $58,000 to several banks, including a SunTrust Bank in Orlando, for monies he stole, the FBI said.
Johnathan A. Gilmore, aka, Johnny Milano, 30, was arrested in south Florida after he robbed the Riverside National Bank (now TD Bank) in Port St. Lucie on September 28, 2009, escaping with over $5,000 dollars. Earlier that day, Gilmore had robbed a SunTrust Bank branch in Orlando and stole $1,460.
Gilmore began his robbery spree after being released from federal prison in August 2009, when he had been serving a sentence for bank robberies committed in 2004 in Illinois and in 2005 in North Carolina.
Upon his release from federal prison, Gilmore first went to Madison, Wisconsin, where he robbed the University of Wisconsin Credit Union, stealing $20,000. Gilmore then traveled to Illinois, where on September 1, 2009, he robbed the InBank in Oak Forest, Illinois, stealing $3,085. On September 8, 2009, Gilmore robbed the Bank of America in Schaumburg, Illinois, stealing $7,609. Thereafter, according to court records, Gilmore traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, and robbed the Clayton Bank and Trust on September 11, 2009, stealing $2,221. Not long after, Gilmore joined friends and accomplices to travel to Florida.
While in Florida, Gilmore drove across the state with two accomplices as he robbed four more banks. On September 16, 2009, Gilmore rode with his accomplices to Melbourne, where he used a note to rob Chase Bank of $9,819. On September 23, 2009, Gilmore walked out of the SunTrust Bank in Bradenton, Florida, after handing a teller a threatening note and receiving $8,355 in cash. Gilmore’s final two robberies in Orlando and Port St. Lucie, on September 28, 2009, led to his final location and arrest.
Gilmore was charged and pled guilty in the respective jurisdictions where he committed the robberies. However, each jurisdiction subsequently agreed, pursuant to Rule 20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, to transfer their case to the Southern District of Florida for one consolidated sentencing. The total amount stolen was $58,573.28.
