New Haven Man Charged with 2 Gunpoint Bank Robberies

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a four-count indictment today charging MARQUE GREENE-PENDERGRASS, 31, of New Haven, with offenses stemming from the armed robberies of two banks in December 2019 and January 2020.

As alleged in the indictment, on December 27, 2019, Greene brandished a revolver and robbed a TD Bank located at 128 Amity Road in Woodbridge, stealing $7,139.  On January 7, 2020, Greene brandished a revolver and robbed a Citizens Bank located at 430 Foxon Boulevard in East Haven, stealing $11,600.  During the second robbery, Greene discharged the firearm.

The indictment charges Greene with two counts of bank robbery with a dangerous weapon, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 25 years on each count; one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, an offense that carries a mandatory consecutive term of imprisonment of at least seven years; and one count of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, an offense that carries a mandatory consecutive term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.

Greene is currently incarcerated serving an unrelated state sentence.

U.S. Attorney Avery stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt.  Charges are only allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This ongoing investigation is being conducted by the FBI’s Connecticut Violent Crimes Task Force with the assistance of the Woodbridge and East Haven Police Departments.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Ruff through Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.  In May 2021, the Justice Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.  For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit www.justice.gov/PSN.