Hanover man indicted for robbing 5 businesses
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on Thursday that Mark S. Herrick, 47, of Hanover was indicted by a federal grand jury for five counts of interference and attempted interference with commerce by robbery.
According to officials, the indictment alleges that between Oct. 24 and 29, 2023, Herrick robbed or attempted to rob five different businesses with knife. The five businesses stretched across three counties within the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pennsylvania State Police and the Palmyra, Swatara and Lower Allen Police Departments.
Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Dukes is prosecuting the case. The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is 20 years imprisonment, a three-year term of supervised release following imprisonment and $250,000 fine.
According to previous reporting by the Lebanon Daily News, Palmyra police alleged that Herrick attempted to rob a Weis Markets cashier with a knife while wearing sunglasses and black cloth tied around his face, threatening to stab the employee if they did not comply.
Herrick was arrested by Palmyra Police on Oct. 31, 2023, according to a previous news release.
Herrick was also suspected at that time of attempting to rob a 7-11 convenience store in Swatara Township on Oct. 28 and a Dollar Tree in Lower Paxton Township on Oct. 29, fleeing in a truck after the cashier gave Herrick the $20 he demanded.
In 2010, Herrick was sentenced to a 170-month term of imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release and ordered to pay $15,720.05 in restitution after pleading guilty to six counts of bank robberies and three counts of Hobbs Act Robbery for robbing six banks throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland.