08/22/2024

Omaha Man Sentenced to 235 Months in $1 Million Dollar Bank Robbery Conspiracy

United States Attorney's Office District of Nebraska

United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Demitrius Alston, age 34, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced on August 14, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for bank robbery, attempted bank robbery, and conspiracy to commit interference with interstate commerce by way of robbery. Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Alston to 235 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Alston will be required to complete a 3-year term of supervised release. The amount of restitution to be ordered will be determined at a future hearing.

Alston was indicted in three criminal cases in 2020. He is the last defendant to be sentenced in a conspiracy to rob federally insured banks across Nebraska, South Dakota, North Carolina, and Iowa between 2015 and 2020. The first indictment returned by the grand jury charged him with conspiracy to commit interference with commerce by robbery involving four other defendants and fifteen banks. The defendants, who wore disguises and masks, would generally initiate “takeover” style robberies, establishing control of the employees and customers in the banks by brandishing firearms, enabling them to gain access to the vaults. In the conspiracy case, the defendants robbed federally insured banks of $959,147.68 between June 1, 2015, and June 22, 2018.