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Serial bank robber gets nearly 15-year sentence for spree of Long Island holdups

Romell Nellis pleaded guilty to robbing a West Hempstead bank twice, a Valley Stream bank once and a Hempstead bank once.

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Mar 14, 2023, 8:16 PM

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