'Blond Bandit' Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Stephanie Lynn Schwab, whose crime spree included carjacking a woman in Tysons in November, must also pay thousands in restitution
Stephanie Lynn Schwab, known across the area as the "Blond Bandit," was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday for a series of crimes in Virginia. Schwab's sentence — which amounts to 132 months in prison— is "for carrying out three bank robberies, stealing and carjacking three cars she used in those robberies, and participating in a heroin distribution ring operating out of Manassas," said the Eastern District United States Attorney’s Office public information officer Peter Carr. Schwab's crime spree included the carjacking of a local woman at the Tysons Galleria Following her release from prison, she will also have four years of supervised release and will have to pay more than $24,000 in restitution, Carr said. Schwab pleaded guilty …
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Larry
8:54 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
I agree. Eleven years for 3 bank robberies, multiple car jackings, plus heroine distribution. Plus since this is a federal sentence she is eligible for parole unlike VA which doesn't have parole. more ›