Springfield man sentenced to four years in prison on robbery charges
A Springfield man has been sentenced to just under four years in prison for his role in a 2021 robbery at Security Bank on Stevenson Drive.
Javon A. Young, 25, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois to 46 months in prison and three years of supervised release for robbing Security Bank at 2500 Stevenson Drive on Dec. 10, 2021. He will also have to pay $5,744.41 in restitution to Security Bank.
Young was indicted on a lone count of bank robbery in January 2022, reaching a plea deal of guilty in July.
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According to the initial complaint provided to the court, Springfield Police were called to the bank at 10:23 a.m. following a report of a robbery. Witnesses told SPD that Young walked to the manager's desk and made a series of aggressive and provoking statements.
He then picked the manager up by the shirt collar and led her to the front counter, demanding another bank employee give him money. The employee gave Young money out of a drawer before he left.
Eyewitnesses also told SPD that Young had been driving a blue-colored cab from the Lincoln Yellow Cab company. According to the court documents, when SPD called the company, they said that Young was an employee and was driving the lone blue-colored cab in their fleet of cars. They told SPD that Young dropped off a passenger at Walmart on Lejune Drive, then left and traveled east on Stevenson before parking at 110 Lake Shore Drive.
The vehicle was tracked at the Walmart where Young was identified and taken into custody. He was arrested on Jan. 6 and indicted two weeks later.
During sentencing, U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough also added a six-month prison sentence for violating supervised release for a pair of 2016 robberies at a Casey's General Store on West Jefferson Street and Taco Gringo on Clock Tower Drive. He had been sentenced to 51 months in prison as a result of those two incidents.
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Myerscough also noted that he "terrified" employees and those inside the bank at the time and said that the robbery took a toll on their safety.
Young had been facing up to 20 years in prison and a $200,000 fine along with the three years of supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Seberger prosecuted the case for the U.S. Attorney's Office, with Sara Vig of Vig Law representing Young.
This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Springfield man sentenced to prison on federal bank robbery charges
