According to information provided by the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced David Sandy Lee Parks, 60, of New Haven, Conn., pleaded guilty to robbing the First Niagara bank, Upper Maungie Township, on July 17, 2015 and five other banks.

In July 2015, a grand jury in Scranton returned a two-count indictment alleging Parks committed armed robbery July 3, 2015 at the Peoples Security Bank, Duryea, and on July 10, 2015, the Wells Fargo Bank, Plymouth, both in Luzerne County, U.S. Attorney Peter Smith said in the press release.

Parks also pleaded guilty before Senior U.S.District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik in Federal Court, Scranton, to robbing a bank Feb. 20, 2015, in Westerly and June 16, 2015, in Warwick, both in Rhode Island and another bank on June 24, 2015, in Stonington, Conn.

Parks has been in custody since officers from the Upper Macungie Township Police Department arrested him after he robbed the First Niagara Bank.

The FBI, Pennsylvania State Police, Upper Macungie Township, the Duryea, Plymouth Township, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre Township, Plains Township, Jenkins Township, West Pittston, Edwardsville, Warwick, Rhode Island, Hanover, Kingston police departments, and the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office jointly investigated this case.

The prosecution was conducted and coordinated by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Gurganus.

A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. No date has been set for sentencing.

The maximum penalty under federal law for all the charges is 135 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.

Under the federal sentencing guidelines, the judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the defendant’s educational, vocational and medical needs.

For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.