Denver man pleads guilty to ten armed bank robberies

DENVER, Colo. (KKCO) – The USA Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Colorado broadcasts Jerome Bravo, a 39-year-old of Denver, has pleaded responsible to 10 counts of financial institution theft and three counts of brandishing a firearm throughout against the law of violence.

The defendant robbed ten banks in Denver, Aurora and Arvada between January 6, 2021 to March 31, 2021, in line with the plea settlement.

Throughout the first theft on Jan. 6, the defendant pointed a black gun at a teller and mentioned, “Don’t transfer, I’m going to shoot you.” After taking cash from the drawer, he jumped again over-the-counter and left the financial institution.

On Feb. 4, 2021, and Feb. 8, 2021, the defendant and codefendant bumped into two banks yelling and screaming, waiving and pointing their handguns at folks within the banks. The defendant demanded the teller open her drawer as he vaulted over-the-counter. Out of worry, the teller complied and eliminated cash from her drawer and gave it to the defendant and his codefendant.

In a second financial institution theft on Feb. 8, 2021, the defendant and codefendant ran right into a financial institution waving handguns, vaulted the counter, and demanded cash from the teller. The teller was in worry for her life and security and gave the robbers the cash in her drawers and from the machine. After acquiring the cash, the defendant and codefendant vaulted the counters and ran out of the financial institution.

On Feb. 18, 2021, the defendant and codefendant entered one other financial institution waving handguns, yelling “get down,” and warning that they weren’t “enjoying.” The defendant and codefendant additionally threatened to shoot the occupants of the financial institution. The defendant vaulted over-the-counter and emptied out a number of teller drawers, bodily taking the drawer models.

Decide Daniel D. Domenico presided over the change of plea listening to on November 22, 2022. The defendant will likely be sentenced February 21, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. Codefendant Jonathan Gullete is in custody and dealing with trial on February 27, 2023.

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