PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II said 59-year-old Francis J. Ready, of Portland, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 147 months in prison and five years of supervised release for an armed bank robbery and using a firearm during the incident.
Officials say he robbed the TD Bank in Portland back on October 3, 2015 and the Bangor Savings Bank in Portland on October 12, 2015. In both instances, the Ready used a firearm to rob the banks. He stole $2,846 from TD Bank and $14,189 from BSB. Following the BSB robbery, he was apprehended by a Portland Police officer in a nearby parking area and found to be in possession of a silver Harrington and Richardson revolver.
The investigation was conducted by the Portland Police Department and the Southern Maine Gang Task Force comprised of agents and officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; and the Portland, South Portland, and Lewiston Police Departments.