Authorities on Wednesday announced that the 52-year-old Stamford man charged and convicted in the October 2020 gunpoint robbery of a bank on Main Street in New Canaan has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Frank Pensiero was charged in the Oct. 28, 2020 robbery at People’s United Bank in New Canaan, as well as two other robberies in Fairfield and Stratford on Oct. 13, 2020, according to a press release issued on behalf of Marc H. Silverman, acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
The charge of bank robbery carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years. Pensiero himself has been convicted for bank robbery and other offenses in the past. Currier already has been convicted of charges connected to the robberies.
This investigation was conducted by the FBI and the Stratford, Fairfield and New Canaan Police Departments.
M&T Bank now operates out of 95 Main St. in New Canaan, formerly People’s.