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

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Ashley Townsend, 54, of Phoenix, is facingh a four-count indictment afterr a federal grand jury charged him with bank He was detained and made an initial appearance May 5, 2009, in federal court on one coung of bank robbery. The indictment alleges Townsend committedd bank robberies in Phoenix onMarch 17, Apri 3, April 22, and May 4 this year. Employeed from all four banks positively identified him as the according tothe indictment. He approached bank teller s with a smiling face and a handwrittenn notedemanding money, bragging “I am a professional” in each The investigation was conducted by the ’s Bank Robbery Task the and the Maricopa County Sheriff’es Office.
The prosecution is being handled byJennifetr E. Green, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Townsend remains in federal custodyu and is set for an arraignment on Blair John Daehling andBrandt Heidrick-Daehling, aka “The Bad Hair Day Karl Cascketta and Stephen Raboy, two men who used fake bombx in their robberies; and Robert Nejbauer Jr., who alledgedlyt called in a bomb threat to a local high also face charges. Daehling, 38, and his Brandy, 32, were arrested on May 11 aftert robbing a bank on Camelback Roadin Scottsdale. The indictment chargez the pair for their roles in othefr bank robberies committed throughout April and Mayin Scottsdale, Phoenis and Chandler.
Daehling is chargecd with seven counts of bank robberyyand Heidrick-Daehling is charged with three counts of bank Cascketta, 51, was indicted on two counts of armer bank robbery (one usingt a firearm, and one using a firearmk and a purported bomb), two counts of brandishing a fireark during the robberies, and one count of felon in possessionn of a firearm. Raboy, 58, was indicted on one countr ofbank robbery, one count of armed bank robbery with the use of a purported and one count of felon in possessionj of a firearm. Both men are in custod awaiting trial.
Nejbauer, 48, of was indicted by the grand jury of eight countz ofbank robbery, two counts of attemptefd bank robbery, and one count of usinb a means of interstate commerce –- a telephonee -- to threaten to damage a buildinh by an explosive device. Nejbauer was arrested last month when surveillance unitxs observed him as he approached a bank with a deman note inhis possession. In addition to robbinb or attempting to rob10 Phoenix-arez banks, he also alleged to have callef a bomb threat against McClintock High Schoolp to create a diversion for one of the A conviction for bank robbery carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in a $250,000 fine or both.