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An Alaskan man pleaded not guilty last week for allegedly robbing three credit union branches within three weeks in September and October, while he was on probation for a 2019 credit union heist.
According to court documents at U.S. District Court in Anchorage, Alaska, Sean Caranguain Javier, 36, allegedly used force, violence, and intimidation to steal roughly $650 from the $1.4 billion Credit Union 1's midtown branch in Anchorage on Sept. 23. Two weeks later, on Oct. 7, Javier allegedly stole $512 from the $11.4 billion Global Credit Union's Hartzell Road branch also in Anchorage, and on Oct. 16, he allegedly stole $2,000 the Global Credit Union Abbott Road branch in Anchorage.
In each robbery, the suspect presented a note demanding money to a credit union employee and stated he had a weapon, according to the FBI.
While the FBI was searching for Javier after the Oct. 16 robbery, he was arrested on Oct. 20 on a probation violation related to his 2020 conviction for robbing a Global Credit Union branch. After getting out of federal prison, he was placed on supervised release in May 2024. A month later, court filings showed he violated seven conditions of his probation, which led to his arrest.
Last month, a federal grand jury in Anchorage returned an indictment criminally charging Javier with the credit union robberies.
Although it is not clear as to whether Javier actually used a firearm during the credit union robberies, the November indictment charges him with possessing two firearms as a felon. In addition to his 2020 conviction, he was convicted of “stalking in the first degree” in 2013, Alaska’s state court records showed.
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