OAKLAND — A Bay Space man was sentenced to 57 months in federal jail for robbing 4 banks on the identical day, only a few months after he was launched from custody in a previous financial institution theft case.
Because the protection sees it, the “genuinely unhappy and considerably pathetic nature” of defendant Phillip Leblanc’s present scenario got here to a head on Aug. 30, 2022, when he robbed or tried to rob banks in Dublin, Berkeley, and two in Walnut Creek, all throughout the span of some hours. Leblanc was shortly recognized, arrested and indicted in federal court docket.
His lawyer now argues his unaddressed psychological sickness is the basis trigger behind the “haphazard and seemingly nonsensical collection of robberies.”
“Previous to this second federal case, Mr. LeBlanc was prepared to acknowledge that he had psychological well being challenges, however believed he may deal with them on his personal,” Assistant Federal Public Defender Elizabeth Falk mentioned in a sentencing memo. “As a first-hand witness to his personal actions, Mr. LeBlanc now absolutely realizes he can not achieve this.”
Leblanc was sentenced to 4 years in federal jail in 2018, for robbing two banks in San Francisco and one in Oakland. He was launched in January 2022.
On Aug. 30, 2022, he allegedly drove across the East Bay handing demand notes to tellers or just informing them he meant to rob the place. In contrast to his first theft spree — which netted him greater than $11,000 that he was in the end ordered to pay again — these crimes weren't very fruitful. In a single occasion the teller handed him a mere $48 from the register. By the day’s finish he was simply $778 richer, with numerous authorized issues on the horizon.
Leblanc, 40, pleaded responsible to 4 counts of financial institution theft on Nov. 30, court docket information present. He has been in custody since his September 2022 indictment, so he will get credit score for that point spent behind bars. After jail, he must spent three years on supervised launch.