PROVIDENCE, RI—According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in
Providence today, Justin L. Worley, 34, has agreed to plead guilty in
federal court to robbing eight banks in Rhode Island and one in
Massachusetts, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha.
According to court documents, Worley will plead guilty to nine counts
of bank robbery. Worley will admit to the court that on nine separate
occasions he entered financial institutions, and, using implied or
explicit threats, including the threat of death in at least four of the
robberies, he robbed the banks of a total of $32,633.
According to the documents, Worley will admit to robbing eight
financial institutions in Rhode Island between April 16, 2012, and
September 18, 2012, and to robbing one in Seekonk, Massachusetts, on
February 23, 2012.
Worley was arrested at a motel in Seekonk on September 19, 2012, by
East Providence, Rhode Island and Seekonk, Massachusetts Police
Departments.
The bank robberies were investigated by the Barrington, Cranston,
East Providence, North Providence, Pawtucket, Seekonk, and Warwick
Police Departments and the FBI.
The maximum statutory penalty for bank robbery is 20 years in federal
prison; a fine of up to $250,000; and a term of supervised release of
three years.
Worley has been detained in federal custody since November 15, 2012.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys William J. Ferland and Paul F. Daly, Jr
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