Davenport, IA – A 26-year-old man from Davenport was sentenced Wednesday to nearly three and one-half years in prison, for bank robbery. Rayontrez Demar Brown will serve 41 months. He was also ordered to pay $26,399 in restitution. Following his imprisonment, Brown was ordered to serve three years of supervised release.

In January and February 2022, there were a series of bank robberies in Davenport. With the assistance of surveillance video and thorough investigative techniques, law enforcement identified Brown as the suspect. On January 14, 2022, Brown entered a Great Southern Bank and jumped over the counter, demanding that tellers give him all the money. On January 21, 2022, Brown entered the Family Credit Union on West Kimberly Road, jumped over the counter and demanded the tellers give him all the money. Finally, on February 2, 2022, Brown robbed a third bank, the Family Credit Union on Rockingham Road, again demanding that tellers give him all the money. In total, Brown stole $26,399. Law enforcement recovered $9,315 in Brown’s residence and on his person at the time of his arrest.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Davenport Police Department investigated the case, which was prosecuted by the U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.