Junedale Woman Sentenced To 90 Months’ Imprisonment For Acting As Getaway Driver On Four Armed Bank Robberies And The Armed Robbery Of A Store |
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U.S. Attorney’s Office
Middle District of Pennsylvania
11 October 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior United States District Judge James M. Munley sentenced Crystal Serfass, age 32, of Junedale, Carbon County, Pennsylvania on October 7, 2016, to 90 months’ imprisonment for her role as getaway driver in the armed robberies of four banks and the armed robbery of a store.
According to United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, on May 4, 2016, Serfass pleaded guilty to the offenses in Federal Court in Scranton. During the guilty plea hearing, Serfass admitted to all charges contained in a five-count Criminal Information which alleges that she helped plan and acted as the getaway driver for David Weaver, age 42, in committing the following armed robberies:
Jim Thorpe National Bank, Penn Forest Township, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2013; National Penn Bank, Drums, Pennsylvania, on August 8, 2014; Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank, Penn Forest Township, Pennsylvania, on November 18, 2014; ESSA Bank and Trust, Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, on December 26, 2014; Dollar General, Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, on November 16, 2014.