Two Madison Men Charged with Armed Robbery of Sauk County Bank

A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. 

Julian Thomas, 39, and James Thompson, 28, both of Madison, Wis., are charged with armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.  The indictment alleges that on October 7, 2014, Thomas and Thompson robbed the People’s Community Bank in Plain, Wis.   The indictment further alleges that during this crime of violence, they brandished a firearm. 

If convicted, Thomas and Thompson face a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison on the armed bank robbery charge, and a mandatory minimum penalty of seven years on the gun charge, which would be served consecutively to any penalty imposed for the armed bank robbery charge.

The charges against them are the result of an investigation by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.