Crime & Safety
Lakewood Men Sentenced to Prison for Bank Robberies
Daniel Garvey gets four years for robbing two banks; Joshua Sobe, the getaway driver, sentenced to two years.
A 22-year-old Lakewood man — guilty of and stealing a handgun from a Lakewood home in May — was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday.
Daniel Garvey had faced more than a total of 17 years in prison for the charges.
Garvey, and a second Lakewood man, Joshua Sobe — the two were classmates at — each pleaded guilty to robbing the Chase Bank in Rocky River on Dec. 14, and Fifth Third Bank in Westlake on Dec. 19.
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In both cases, Garvey slipped the bank tellers notes demanding money, while Sobe was the getaway driver.
No weapons were brandished during the robberies.
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In a third case, Garvey pleaded guilty to stealing a handgun from a home in Lakewood.
Sobe was recently sentenced to two years in prison.
Maria Russo, a spokeswoman for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, said that "tips led to the identification and arrest of both defendants.”
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