A Hesperus woman, who pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges Feb. 22, has filed a motion to continue her sentencing hearing until June 29.
Keylee Rose Moore faces up to 25 months in the New Mexico Department of Corrections as part of a plea agreement reached with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to a motion filed May 19. The new sentencing date is scheduled for June 29.
The May 19 document states that the requests were made so that her attorney would have more time to prepare and file a sentencing memorandum.
A sentencing memorandum is a document written by the defendant’s attorney listing reasons why the defendant should receive a certain sentence.
Last June, Moore entered a New Mexico Bank and Trust in Albuquerque and passed a note to a bank teller demanding money, according to a news release by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The robbery occurred about noon. She was wearing a blond wig, dark trench coat, dark boots, dark purse, a face mask and green eyeshadow.
In the plea agreement motion, Moore admitted to the robbery by way of intimidation:
“By intimidation, I did take from the person and presence of another, a sum of U.S. currency belonging to and in the care, custody, control, management and possession of New Mexico Bank and Trust, the deposits of which were then insure by the FDIC. The amount of currency I took was $158.”
She handed the teller a note, which was torn in parts, that read:
“Put all the money in a bag, if anyone asks I’m closing my account. Do not panic, there is a man with my sister at gunpoint. If we don’t get away, we both die. Please wait at least 15 nutes before you call. e will kill us, if I don’t get the money.”
Five days later, a tipster identified Moore as the potential suspect. Security cameras from a residential neighborhood showed a woman matching the description of the suspect and a four-door dark SUV. The FBI was able to link the vehicle to Moore by finding an image of the SUV on her Facebook page.
The bank reported a loss of around $158. Currently, Moore lives at her home in Hesperus while awaiting sentencing as part of a condition for her pretrial release in accordance with the U.S. Probation Office.
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