Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Stacey Robinson's attorney said stress from losing his son, as well as financial pressures, caused him to make a bad decision
"I'm not a bad person," Stacey Robinson told Lake County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Gibson. "I just did a bad thing that day." The day to which Robinson referred to is Aug. 29, 2012, when he robbed the PNC Bank in Mentor. Robinson had previously pleaded guilty to the bank robbery and was sentenced Wednesday in Gibson's court. Robinson's attorney, Assistant Lake County Public Defender Margaret Campbell, said stress led Robinson to make a bad decision. His son had died from a gunshot earlier that year, she said. Also, Robinson was behind on his rent. In fact, one of the first things he did after robbing the bank was get a money order to pay his back rent, Campbell said. "This was a poor plan by a desperate man," she said. "It was a ridiculous…
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Stacey Robinson is scheduled to be sentenced on January 9
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Mentor man Stacey Robinson has admitted to robbing the PNC Bank in Mentor. Robinson, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery in Lake County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Gibson's court room. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 9. Robinson faces between one and three years in prison. The bank was robbed on Aug. 29. Robinson entered the bank, wearing a black leather hat, striped collared shirt and dark colored pants, police said. He handed the teller a note, demanding money. He never showed a weapon, police said. After Robinson was given money, he fled from the bank on foot. However, witnesses recognized Robinson as a customer at the bank, police said. Consequently, police staked out around the area where Robinson lived and arrested him soon…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
A witness recognized Stacey Robinson as a previous customer of the bank
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mentor Police have identified Stacey Robinson as the man who is suspected of robbing the PNC Bank Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses recognized Robinson, 46, as a previous customer at the bank, Mentor Police Sgt. Richard Slovenkay said. Robinson lives in Mentor in the Mentor Mall Village Apartments so policemen began checking the area for him. Officers spotted Robinson about an hour after the robbery so they stopped and arrested him. Robinson has been charged with robbery and will be arraigned 8 a.m. Thursday in Mentor Municipal Court. Robinson is also being investigated as a possible suspect in the Dollar Bank robbery, which occurred this June in Mentor. "We're looking into it," Slovenkay relpied when asked if Robinson was a suspect in the …
The Mentor man was arrested within an hour of the robbery
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mentor Police have arrested a man who is though to have robbed the PNC Bank on Mentor Avenue earlier this afternoon. The Mentor man, whose name has not been released yet, was arrested after an officer spotted him driving on Mentor Avenue near the intersection with Cadle Road shortly after the robbery, Mentor Police Lt. Tom Powers said. The robbery occurred at 1 p.m. today. A man entered the bank, wearing a black leather hat, striped collared shirt and dark colored pants, according to the Mentor Police Facebook page. He handed the teller a note, demanding money. The robber never showed a weapon, police said. The man then fled from the bank on foot. Nobody was hurt during the robbery. While the suspect is in custody, Mentor Police are still …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Ray Kirchner recommends introducing legislation that would order banks to offer a security plan that would involve guards or other deterrents
After the Dollar Bank in Mentor was robbed for the second time in two years Tuesday, Mentor City Councilman Ray Kirchner sent a letter to his fellow council members. The subject -- bank security. "I hate to sound like a broken record but I am truly tired at the ease in which our banks allow themselves to be robbed," Kirchner wrote. "I am at the point where I am considering introducing legislation that would order banks to offer a security plan that would put guards or other deterrents inside their banks to eliminate the present policy of letting robbers do as they please and let us take care of their problem once the theives walk out the door." This is not the first time Kirchner has taken issue with what he sees as lax security at the …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The suspect fled on foot after taking money from Dollar Bank
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Mentor Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday at the Dollar Bank on Mentor Avenue. A black man in his 50s handed a note to the teller, demanding money, Mentor Police Lt. Ken Zbiegien said. The teller gave the robber money and the man fled from the bank on foot. The robber did not show a weapon and nobody was hurt. The suspect is described as about 5 feet, 6 inches tall with a medium build, according to the Mentor Police Facebook page. He is wearing sunglasses, a green baseball hat, green shirt and blue jeans. He was carrying a white bag. He was last seen walking toward the Great Lakes Mall. Anyone with information regarding the suspect or his whereabouts should call the Mentor Police Department at 440-974-…
Friday, April 6, 2012
Theodore Crawford was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison
Theodore Crawford -- the second of two men convicted of robbing banks in Mentor and Lyndhurst -- was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 57 months in prison. Crawford and his partner Raymond Spears were arrested in August and indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges. Crawford, 21, of South Euclid, pleaded guilty to charges of armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery and aiding and abetting on Jan. 17 in U.S. Federal Judge James Gwin's courtroom. The banks he's accused of robbing and helping to rob are the Home Savings Bank in Mentor and Chase Bank in Lyndhurst. In both robberies, the robber claimed to have a bomb. In Lyndhurst, only one person – thought to be Spears – entered the bank with a fake explosive and …
Friday, January 27, 2012
Raymond Spears was sentenced to spend 100 months in prison
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Raymond Spears -- a man convicted of robbing banks in Mentor and Lyndhurst -- was sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison Thursday. Federal Judge James Gwin also ordered Spears to five years of supervised release after he gets out of prison. Raymond Spears 22, along with 21-year-old Theodore Crawford, was arrested in August and indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges of bank robbery. Spears and Crawford were accused of robbing the Home Savings Bank in Mentor and the Chase Bank in Lyndhurst. In both robberies, the robber claimed to have a bomb. In Lyndhurst, only one person – thought to be Spears – entered the bank with a fake explosive and demanded money. In Mentor, two people came into the bank. They each …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Alex Harper was convicted of robbing the First National Bank in Mentor
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Alex Harper was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday morning for robbing the First National Bank in Mentor. Federal Court Judge Solomon Oliver also ordered Harper to pay $4,673 in restitution to the bank. Harper, 27, of Richmond Heights, robbed the bank in June. Prosecutors say Harper gave the bank teller a note, demanding money, and then fled. Police arrested him after a lengthy car and foot chase through Mentor, Willoughby, Wickliffe and Euclid. The investigation was conducted by the FBI and Mentor Police Department. Alex Harper was previously convicted of robbing five banks in 2005, including the First National Bank in Mentor. In each case, Harper would enter the bank with a note, warning the teller that he had a weapon and …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Raymond Spears and Theodore Crawford have both pleaded guilty to a pair of bank robberies, including one in Mentor
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Two Cleveland men have pleaded guilty to robbing a pair of banks, including the Home Savings Bank in Mentor. Raymond Spears 22, and Theodore Crawford, 21, were arrested in August and indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges. Spears and Crawford are also accused of robbing the Chase Bank in Lyndhurst four days before the Mentor robbery. In both robberies, the robber claimed to have a bomb. In Lyndhurst, only one person – thought to be Spears – entered the bank with a fake explosive and demanded money. In Mentor, two people came into the bank. They each handed the tellers separate notes, claiming to have bombs, and demanded money. The robbers took more than $3,000 from the bank in Lyndhurst and $6,000 from Mentor bank, according …
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