Patrick L. Robinson, Wayne County District Attorney announced that Aaron Gould, age 39 of Lake Ariel, was sentenced today for the February 12, 2018, bank robbery of the NBT Bank in Lake Ariel, PA. Senior Judge, Raymond L. Hamill sentenced Gould to 54 months to 180 months in a State Correctional Institution and to pay $16,497.15 in restitution.

Gould robbed the bank brandishing a rifle and stealing $12,687.15. He then stole a getaway car from one of the bank tellers. The defendant was apprehended on March 10, 2018, in Kingston, PA in the car he stole from the bank teller. The defendant claimed that the rifle used in the bank robbery was actually a pellet gun.

District Attorney Robinson stated, “The defendant obviously has some mental health issues and he is a 30 to 40 bag a day heroin addict. However, anytime one robs a bank brandishing a firearm one puts bank employees, bank customers, responding officers and the community at large at great risk. That is true even if the firearm is later found to be a pellet gun as claimed by the defendant. Heroin is evil and every effort must be employed to combat its distribution and possession.”