A Newark man was sentenced today to 79 months in prison for robbing five banks in October and November 2016, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
According to authorities, Jermaine Mason, a/k/a “Asim Harris,” 40, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini to an information charging him with five counts of bank robbery. Judge Martini imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.
Mason admitted that during each of the above robberies, he either presented a note demanding cash from bank tellers or verbally demanded money.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Martini sentenced Mason to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $16,429 in restitution.
Mason was originally arrested by state authorities on Nov. 30, 2016 and has been in custody since that time. Prior to his arrest, he was on federal supervised release for a federal bank robbery conviction after he robbed several banks in 2006 and 2007.