Nassau Bank Robber Gets 18 Years In Prison: US Attorney

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A Hempstead man was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in prison for his role as the mastermind of a 2015 bank robbery, prosecutors said.

Quincy Homere pleaded in December 2017 to the armed robbery of Wells Fargo Bank in Hempstead on Nov. 9, 2015, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District said.

Homere and his co-conspirators left the bank with more than $375,000.

"Homere has been held accountable for committing a violent bank robbery while brandishing an assault rifle, terrorizing the employees and customers, including an elderly woman and young child—actions that easily could have resulted in the loss of life either inside the bank or to the brave responding officers," stated United States Attorney Breon Peace.

One of the co-defendants, Anael Sainfil, 38, of Bay Shore, was convicted in Jan. 2018 by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and brandishing firearms during a crime of violence. In February 2020, he was sentenced to 219 months in prison for his role as a lookout in the robbery, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Homere and his co-conspirators, including Anael Sainfil, executed the robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank branch on Fulton Avenue in Hempstead, New York. Homere entered the bank holding a AK-47 rifle along with three armed co-conspirators, while a fourth co-conspirator stood guard, prosecutors said.

Tellers and customers, including an 8-year-old boy, were zip-tied and held captive, Peace said.

Homere was unaware that a teller had placed a wireless GPS tracker with the stolen money.

In November 2016, Homere was arrested in Miami, Florida following a joint investigation by the FBI, Nassau County police and Suffolk County police.