Federal judge slaps man with 9-year sentence for Rogers Park bank robbery

A second man has been sentenced in a violent Rogers Park bank robbery that netted less than $10,000 but left terrified customers and employees scrambling for safety.

Kendall Sullivan pleaded guilty to bank robbery by force and using a firearm in a crime of violence before U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama, who handed down a 111-month prison term. The sentence amounts to a little more than nine years. Judge Valderrama previously imposed a 135-month sentence on Sullivan’s accomplice, 25-year-old Troy Luckett, after Luckett admitted to the same charges, according to court records.

The holdup unfolded shortly after 10 a.m. on December 23, 2023, at Byline Bank, 7050 North Western Avenue. Prosecutors said Sullivan and Luckett entered the branch and split up along the teller counter. Sullivan pulled a loaded gun on a teller and demanded cash while Luckett positioned himself nearby…

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