Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN CREWS, JR., was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to a prison term of 17 years for his participation in a series of armed robberies in the summer of 2013. CREWS pled guilty on September 21, 2015, to conspiring to commit armed robberies and brandishing a firearm in the course of those robberies. CREWS pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti, who imposed today’s sentence.
According to the allegations contained in the Indictment, and information adduced during the Court proceedings:
In the summer of 2013, CREWS and others carried out a string of armed robberies in Orange County and Sullivan County. In a span of approximately six weeks, Crews participated in 10 robberies. He and others robbed two gas stations, a bar, a bakery, three stores, and a restaurant. They also carried out two home invasions. The robberies were in Middletown, Wallkill, and Monticello. CREWS brandished a gun during each of the robberies.
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In addition to his prison term, CREWS, 28, of Middletown, New York, was sentenced to three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $5,577 to various establishments that he robbed.
Mr. Bharara praised the outstanding investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the New York State Police, the City of Middletown Police Department, the Town of Wallkill Police Department, the Village of Monticello Police Department, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, and the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office.
The prosecution is being handled by the Office’s White Plains Division. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Gerber and Lauren Schorr are in charge of the prosecution.