POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – A convicted bank robber was back behind bars in Broward County five years after the FBI arrested him.
Lucas Simoes Del Negro was 23 when FBI Special Agent Kristin Pollard identified him as the man who wore a black T-shirt, dark jeans, and black and white sneakers to rob the Wells Fargo Bank branch in Hallandale Beach.
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According to Pollard, Del Negro approached a bank teller on Sept. 18, 2019, at 3131 West Hallandale Beach Boulevard, and handed her a note — “We know your name 10k, don’t walk away or alarms, or we start shooting, money in envelope.”
According to the complaint in the case, the bank teller placed $1,564 in an envelope and handed it to Del Negro, who didn’t cover his face and left the note behind with his fingerprints on it. Prosecutors filed a federal complaint against him and he appeared before a federal judge at the U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.
Del Negro was 24 when U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez sentenced him on Jan. 28, 2020, at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse, in Miami, sentenced him to 57 months in prison, and three years of supervised release.
Records show Martinez ordered Del Negro to pay restitution and undergo substance abuse treatment. He was released from federal prison and his supervised release started on Nov. 24.
Records show Del Negro tested positive for MDA on Feb. 14; and was arrested for allegedly stealing a Gatorade from a 7-Eleven store on Feb. 19, in Broward County. A probation officer recommended that he be admitted to a treatment program.
Broward County records show U.S. Marshals Service agents arrested him in June and again on Thursday. The hearings before Martinez to determine if Del Negro violated the terms of his probation started on Friday.
Broward Sheriff’s Office inmate records show Del Negro remained at the Joseph V. Conte Facility on Saturday afternoon, in Pompano Beach, on a U.S. Marshals Service hold.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.