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Miami, Florida – Javonne Wilks, 42, of Miami, who has a history of felony convictions has been sentenced to 324 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on charges of armed bank robbery, armed credit union robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, while on federal supervised release.

Key Points

• On April 6, 2022, Wilks and two co-conspirators robbed a bank in Cooper City. They were dressed in coveralls, dark skull hats, face masks, and were armed with an AR-15 style long gun and two handguns. During the Cooper City bank robbery, they forced two bank employees to lie face down at gunpoint and stole $242,113.
• Another incident occurred on June 6, 2023, when Wilks and a co-conspirator robbed a credit union in Miami Springs. They wore sweatshirts, long pants, masks, and bicycle helmets, and carried a semiautomatic handgun and a revolver. In this robbery, they forced employees to the lobby, ordered the manager and a teller to open the vault at gunpoint, and stole around $29,000.
• Wilks was arrested later that day, with law enforcement finding $11,395 in cash, three coveralls, and bait money from the credit union robbery in his vehicle.
• Previously, in 2005, Wilks was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was on federal supervised release during the time of the armed robberies.