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SHREWSBURY, Mass. – A Fitchburg man who robbed the Citizen's Bank in Shrewsbury and four other local banks was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay back the money he stole.
Keith D. Cormier, 45, of Fitchburg, was sentenced to 56 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised released, by a U.S. District judge on Friday. He was also ordered to pay $11,485 in restitution to banks in Shrewsbury, Leominster, Worcester and Gardner.
In each case, Cormier entered the bank wearing a disguise, with his face wrapped in gauze, and passed the teller a note demanding money. He retrieved the note and fled the bank with the proceeds of the robbery.
The most compelling evidence against Cormier was derived from two separate GPS devices. One GPS device was installed by his employer in the company truck which Cormier drove to and from the robberies. The data from the GPS device indicated that Cormier's work truck was within blocks of each of the banks at the time of the robbery and departed the area within minutes after Cormier fled the banks.
The second GPS device was secreted in a stack of bills by an alert teller during the robbery of the Shrewsbury Citizen's Bank on Oct. 28, 2010.
This GPS device resulted in the Shrewsbury police tracking Cormier's van and arresting him a short distance away from the bank, with the proceeds from the robbery and his disguise inside the truck.
