Bank robber gets additional 3 years for earlier gas station holdups

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A man already serving 20 years in federal prison for robbing a Cedar Rapids bank last year has been given more prison time for two gas station robberies committed days earlier.

Andrew Derr received an additional three-year sentence for robbing a Casey’s in Robins in late December 2023 and a Kum & Go on Four Oaks Drive in Cedar Rapids four days later.

Derr went on to rob the Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust branch on Council Street on Jan. 3, stealing more than $16,000. Investigators say he flew back to Maryland afterward and deposited the money into his bank accounts…

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