Man Admits to Robbing 7 TD Banks — Including One In Westfield

A Union County, N.J., man today admitted robbing seven branch locations of TD Bank throughout New Jersey — including the branch on North Avenue East in Westfield, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.  

The robberies occurred between September 2011 and December 2011.

Julio Ferrer, 28, of Elizabeth, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano in Trenton federal court to seven counts of bank robbery.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Ferrer admitted robbing the following TD Bank branches:

• Sept. 11, 2011 — 560 North Avenue East, Westfield, N.J.
• Oct. 19, 2011 — 37 Saint George Avenue, Roselle, N.J.
• Nov. 19, 2011 — 1071 St. Georges Avenue, Rahway, N.J.
• Dec. 1, 2011 — 70 Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, N.J.
• Dec. 11, 2011 — 1906 Lincoln Highway, Edison, N.J.
• Dec. 16, 2011 — 570 Chestnut Street, Union, N.J.
• Dec. 22, 2011 — 883 State Road, Princeton, N.J.

In every robbery, Ferrer passed handwritten demand notes to bank tellers. He admitted to using a fake gun in the robbery of the TD Bank in Edison. Ferrer was on supervised release from a prior federal bank robbery conviction when he began his robbery spree.

The bank robbery charge is punishable by a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gain to the defendant from the offense or loss to any victims. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 27, 2012.

U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward in Newark, and the police departments of Westfield, Roselle, Rahway, Metuchen, Edison, Union and Princeton, with the investigation that resulted in today’s guilty plea.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane H. Yoon of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Health Care & Government Fraud Unit in Newark.
Ferrer's defense counsel is Peter Carter Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark, N.J.