Robber of Sovereign Bank branch in Brooklyn Heights gets 26 years
Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes on Tuesday announced the sentencing of Edward Pride, 49, to 26 years in prison for robbing the same Sovereign Bank twice in two weeks, in February 2011.
At his sentencing, Pride received 13 years in prison, to run consecutively, for each robbery. He was convicted on July 17, of two counts of Robbery in the First Degree.
On Feb. 11, 2011, Pride walked into the Sovereign Bank branch on Montague Street, in Brooklyn Heights, and handed a bank teller a note, which read, “No dye packs, no one has to get hurt.”
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