- Patrick Shane Johnson, 51, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for robbing a Wells Fargo bank in Gainesville on Aug. 27, 2025.
- The Gainesville Police quickly apprehended Johnson after he stole over $1,000 using a threatening note at the bank.
A Gainesville man was sentenced to 46 months in prison after pleading guilty to robbing a Wells Fargo bank on SW Archer in August 2025.
According to a Northern District of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office press release sent on Wednesday, Patrick Shane Johnson, 51, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced in federal court to bank robbery and larceny.
“Thanks to the lightning-fast response of the Gainesville Police Department, this violent criminal was quickly caught and now my office has ensured he will be kept off our streets for several years,” said John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, in the release. “This is yet another successful prosecution under Operation Take Back America, which launched under the direction of President Donald J. Trump to devote the full might of the Department of Justice toward removing violent criminals like this defendant from our communities to deliver the safe streets our citizens deserve.”
The incident occurred on Aug. 27, 2025, when Johnson entered a Wells Fargo bank at 3505 SW Archer Road and passed a note to a teller. The note read, “This is no joke, it is an armed bank robbery. All of the money now, I am armed.”…