Man who robbed Lincoln bank, convenience stores sentenced to prison

A man accused of robbing a Lincoln bank and five convenience stores was sentenced to prison Thursday. 

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Marcus Remus, age 21, of Omaha, was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison. Additionally, Remus will be placed on five years of supervised release when he finishes his sentence.

Remus pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery and one count for discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence on January 2, 2019.  Remus faced a term of imprisonment of up to life at his sentencing hearing.

Evidence presented at trial of Remus’s co-defendant, Shawn Brooks, showed that between November 29, 2016 and December 30, 2016, Brooks and Remus robbed one bank and five convenience stores, all in Lincoln.

In three of those robberies, Brooks brandished a firearm at employees of the businesses. 

At the bank robbery, he also fired the weapon multiple times in the direction of bank employees. 

Remus shot one of the gas station clerks in their final robbery at a convenience store on December 30, 2016. 

For his role in those crimes, Brooks was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison on April 12, 2019.