Robert C. Smith robbed the First Bank on Kuser Road in Hamilton on March 2 and the Hopewell Valley Community Bank branch on Scotch Road in Ewing on March 7. Watch video
TRENTON -- A Bordentown Township man has pleaded guilty robbing banks in Hamilton and Ewing earlier this year.
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Robert C. SmithRobert C. Smith pleaded guilty in federal court last week on two counts of bank robbery for holding up the First Bank on Kuser Road in Hamilton on March 2 and the Hopewell Valley Community Bank branch on Scotch Road in Ewing on March 7.
Smith faces up to 20 years in prison on each charge when he sentenced in U.S. District Court in Trenton in March, court documents show.
Smith's plea agreement states he must make restitution to each bank. Smith owes $2,947 to First Bank and $119 to Hopewell Valley Community Bank.
In July, federal authorities charged Smith with stealing $2,947 from the First Bank in Hamilton and $11,030 at the Hopewell Valley branch in Ewing.
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When Philadelphia police apprehended Smith several days after the robberies, he admitted to robbing both banks and told investigators that he still had cash inside the gray Nissan Pathfinder he was driving.
Officers later found $10,911 in cash in the car from the Ewing robbery, authorities said.
Police made public surveillance of the Hamilton bank robbery and said within 90 minutes of the robbery footage going online on media websites last week, detectives received tips identifying Smith as a suspect.
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