Bensalem Bank Robber Sentenced To Prison

BENSALEM, PA — A serial bank robber from Philadelphia whose targets included a bank in Bensalem is headed to prison.

Michael Edmondson, 53, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay more than $6,700 in restitution for robbing four banks in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware and Bucks counties, the U.S. Attorney's office announced.

Edmondson pleased guilty in September 2019 to a four-count Indictment charging him with four counts of bank robbery.

The charges stem from a bank robbery spree that began on Feb. 19 of last year at the Wells Fargo Bank on Horizon Boulevard. Bensalem Police said a man walked into the bank and presented a note demanding money and threatening to shoot employees.

Edmondson went on to rob the Citizens Bank in Havertown's Giant Foods on Feb. 24, the Wells Fargo Bank in King of Prussia on Feb. 27 and the Santander Bank on Market Street in Philadelphia on March 6, when he was arrested.

In total, Edmondson got $7,958 from the four banks, committing the offenses shortly after absconding from a halfway house where he was living while on state parole.