U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron | U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron | U.S. Department of Justice
Baltimore, Maryland – On Friday, June 21, 2024, United States District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Anthony Young, age 38, of Jefferson, Maryland, to twelve years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for the armed robberies of an American Legion Post and a bank in Frederick County, Maryland.
The sentence was announced by Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland; Special Agent in Charge William J. DelBagno of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Baltimore Field Office; and Chief Jason Lando of the Frederick Police Department.
According to his plea agreement, on November 18, 2019, Young and another suspect entered the American Legion Francis Scott Key Post 11 in Frederick. The two men entered the bar area brandishing a black handgun. They assaulted an employee and restrained him with zip ties before stealing a large sum of U.S. currency. Witnesses observed the suspects entering a car registered to Young.
On December 5, 2019, Woodsboro Bank in Frederick reported an armed robbery matching Young's description. Witnesses stated that a man entered the bank with a small black handgun and stole a significant amount of U.S. currency before fleeing in a car traced back to Young.
Search warrants executed at Young’s home on December 16, 2019 led to the seizure of clothing and items matching descriptions from both robberies. Young was arrested and confessed to committing both crimes after waiving his rights.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which aims to reduce violent crime and gun violence through collaboration between law enforcement agencies and communities. The Department launched a strengthened violent crime reduction strategy under PSN on May 26, 2021.
U.S. Attorney Barron commended the FBI and Frederick Police Department for their work on this investigation and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney John W. Sippel Jr., who prosecuted the case.
For more information on the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office's priorities and community resources visit https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/project-safe-neighborhoods-psn and https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/community-outreach.
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