WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
A federal judge in Memphis, Tennessee, today sentenced Courtney Trenell, 34, of Memphis, to 15 years in prison for aiding and abetting two bank robberies and joining a conspiracy to rob six banks. Eight men were indicted in this case, with Trenell and three co-defendants being convicted in jury trials and the others pleading guilty.
"This defendant took part in two separate bank robberies as part of a violent robbery crew," said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "The series of bank robberies committed by these eight defendants threatened the lives of hardworking Americans and te...