Vermont man sentenced for bank robberies, gun crimes

Bank robber sentenced for buying guns for drug dealers in return for cocaine - Vermont Daily Chronicle

18 of the firearms were handguns that Loewe provided to his drug dealer in exchange for crack cocaine.

Man who sold gun used in shooting of Springfield cop gets nearly 4 years in prison

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A serial bank robber and straw man who illegally bought 19 firearms — including one used to shoot a Springfield, Massachusetts, police officer in the face a year ago — has been sentenced to almost four years in federal prison.Stephen Loewe, 43, of Springfield, Vermont, also was ordered to pay $2,410 in restitution for money stolen during three bank robberies in southern Vermont in August 2024 to help fuel his crack cocaine addi…

Vermont man sentenced for bank robberies, gun crimes

A Vermont man will go to federal prison for robbing three banks and the straw purchases of more than a dozen guns.

Springfield man sentenced for straw purchases of firearms, three bank robberies in 2024

Stephen Loewe, 43, of Springfield was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 29, by Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss in Burlington to a term of 45 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Loewe previously pleaded guilty to straw purchasing 19 firearms between December 2023 and May 2024, and admitted as part of his plea that he robbed the Claremont Savings Bank in Springfield on Aug. 13, 2024, the M&T Bank in Sp…