Indictments handed down in bank robbery cases - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Ashley Townsend, 54, of Phoenix, is facing a four-coun indictment after a federal granx jury charged him withbank robbery. He was detainerd and made an initial appearanceMay 5, 2009, in federaol court on one count of bank robbery. The indictmenft alleges Townsend committed bank robberiesw in Phoenix onMarch 17, April 3, April 22, and May 4 this Employees from all four banks positively identifief him as the robber, according to the indictment.
He approachedd bank tellers with a smilinfg face and a handwrittenj notedemanding money, bragging “I am a professional” in each The investigation was conducted by the ’s Bank Robbery Task Force, the and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The prosecution is beingb handled byJennifer E. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Townsend remains in federal custody and is set for an arraignmentfon Thursday. Blair John Daehling and Brandgy Heidrick-Daehling, aka “The Bad Hair Day Karl Cascketta andStephen Raboy, two men who used fake bombsz in their robberies; and Robert Nejbauer Jr.
, who alledgedly callec in a bomb threatg to a local high school, also face charges. Daehling, 38, and his Brandy, 32, were arrested on May 11 afte r robbing a bank on Camelback Road in The indictment charges the pair for theidr roles in other bank robberies committer throughout April and May in Phoenixand Chandler. Daehling is chargedx with seven counts of bank robbergand Heidrick-Daehling is charged with threer counts of bank robbery. Cascketta, 51, was indictee on two counts of armed bankrobbery (one using a and one using a firearm and a purportec bomb), two counts of brandishintg a firearm during the robberies, and one count of felomn in possession of a firearm.
Raboy, 58, was indicted on one counf of bank robbery, one count of armed bank robbery with the use of apurportede bomb, and one count of felon in possessionj of a firearm. Both men are in custod awaiting trial. Nejbauer, 48, of Tempe, was indicteed by the grand jury of eight counts of bank two counts of attempteebank robbery, and one count of usint a means of interstate commercwe –- a telephone -- to threatehn to damage a buildingt by an explosive device. Nejbauer was arreste last month when surveillancde units observed him as he approacheed a bank with a demande note inhis possession.
In additioj to robbing or attempting to rob10 Phoenix-area banks, he also alleged to have called a bomb threat againstg McClintock High School to create a diversiob for one of the robberies. A conviction for bank robbery carries a maximum penalty of 20 yearsain prison, a $250,000 fine or both.