From Ed Fletcher:
A Sacramento-area bank robber was sentenced Thursday to nearly four years in federal prison after admitting guilt in five robberies from January through March.
Jerome Michael Endsley II, 28, of West Sacramento, will have to pay $14,678 in restitution in addition to his prison stretch of three years, 10 months, a U.S. Department of Justice news release states.
In each of the five robberies, Endsley reportedly handed the teller a white grocery bag and told that person to fill the bag with money. According to the complaint, Endsley insinuated he had a gun but never revealed a weapon.
The sentence reflects Endsley's robbery of two Sacramento banks: the April 15 robbery of the Chase Bank at 4701 Freeport Blvd. and the March 27 robbery of the Wells Fargo at 3518 Marconi Ave.
Endsley also admitted robbing the United Commercial Bank, 4790 Freeport on Jan. 2; the Bank of America at 5600 Folsom Blvd on Jan. 27; and the Bank of America at 4740 Freeport on Feb. 2. He was not sentenced for those crimes as a result of his plea agreement, said Lauren Horwood, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department.
His robbery takes range from the $741 he stole from the Wells Fargo to the heist of $9,703 from the Bank of America on Freeport.
A Sacramento Police Department officer arrested Endsley about a mile from the Chase bank as Endsley attempted his getaway. He was unarmed at the time of his arrest.
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