A man who had previously been convicted of robbing the Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust on January 3, 2024, was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison on November 14, 2025, following convictions for robbing two convenience stores.
Andrew Philip Derr, 23, of Frederick, Maryland, received the prison sentence following a guilty plea on June 24, 2025, to stealing from two convenience stores and one count of money laundering.
In a plea agreement, Derr admitted that after being discharged from the military for misconduct in 2023, he relocated to Iowa City and committed a number of robberies in the Cedar Rapids region. Derr stated that on December 27, 2023, he stole from the Casey’s General Store in Robins, stealing about $7,000 in cash and other items. On January 1, 2024, he robbed the Kum & Go on Four Oaks Drive in Cedar Rapids. Derr was previously convicted and sentenced in state court for robbing the Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust branch on Council Street in Cedar Rapids on January 3, 2024, and taking more than $16,000 in cash. Derr stated that after each heist, he laundered the stolen funds by depositing them many times into his Maryland bank account to conceal the nature, source, and ownership of the money. Derr flew to Maryland on January 3, 2024, and then made two deposits totaling more than $4,800 from heist proceeds…