Crime

Man faces sentencing for 2021 Round Lake bank robbery

Posted June 06, 2025 5:32 pm

By Ava Miller

A Des Plaines man was convicted of bank robbery by a federal jury in Chicago on Monday, officials announced Friday.

Francisco Martinez, 32, entered a First Midwest Bank branch in Round Lake on Dec. 20, 2021, and handed a teller a note, then showed the teller a gun tucked into his waistband, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for Illinois’ Northern District. Martinez also briefly grabbed a customer and threatened to take her with him from the bank. He fled with $40,000 in cash, the release stated.

He was arrested in June 2022 and has remained in custody since then. Martinez committed the robbery while on court-supervised release for a previous bank robbery conviction.

Martinez faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 29.

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