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“BAND-AID BANDIT” AND PARTNER FOUND
GUILTY ON BANK ROBBERY AND FIREARMS CHARGES
Tampa, FL - A federal jury today found Rafael Angel Rondon,
age 47, of Clermont, Florida, and Emerigildo Roman, age 54, of Davenport,
Florida, guilty on six counts of bank robbery. In addition, Rondon was
found guilty of six counts of carrying a firearm during the robberies
and Roman was found guilty of five counts of carrying a firearm. The maximum
penalty for the bank robbery charges is 25 years’ imprisonment and the
maximum penalties for the firearms charges are seven years’ imprisonment
for the first charge, followed by 25 years’ imprisonment for each additional
firearms charge which must run consecutive to any other sentence imposed.
A sentencing date has not been scheduled.
The defendants were arrested on July 20, 2006, and charged in a criminal
complaint with three bank robberies. They were indicted on August 10,
2006 for committing six bank robberies.
The defendants were found guilty of the following robberies:
| Date |
Location |
| 10/22/04 |
Capital City Bank, 7101 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill,
FL |
| 12/9/04 |
Gold Bank, 1201 Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL |
| 5/17/05 |
Colonial Bank, 6213 SR 54, New Port Richey, FL |
| 10/28/05 |
Mercantile Bank, 3201 S. MacDill Avenue, Tampa, FL |
| 12/22/05 |
Wachovia Bank, 14166 US 10, Hudson, FL |
| 7/13/06 |
Fifth Third Bank, 11030 49th Street, Pinellas Park,
FL |
Testimony at the trial revealed the pair had put together
a “bank robbery kit” that was stored in a cooler at Rondon’s home. Inside
the “kit” detectives found wigs, mustaches, walkie talkies and more than
$90,000 in cash.
Acting United States Attorney James R. Klindt stated, “I want to commend
the Band-Aid Bandit Task Force that stopped this robbery rampage. Hopefully
the tellers they terrorized will find some comfort knowing these bandits
will likely spend the rest of their lives behind bars.”
This case was investigated by the Band-Aid Bandit Task Force established
in May of 2003 and consists of the following agencies: the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the United States Attorney’s Office, the Citrus County
Sheriff’s Office, the Ocala Police Department, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s
Office, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the Pinellas Park Police Department,
the Tampa Police Department, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the Pasco-Pinellas State Attorneys
Office, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s
Office, the Florida Highway Patrol, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office,
the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Crime Stoppers of
Alachua, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota and West Central Florida and the Florida
Banker’s Association.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Colleen Murphy
Davis.
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