A man who had previously been convicted of robbing the Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust on January 3, 2024, was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison on November 14, 2025, following convictions for robbing two convenience stores.
Andrew Philip Derr, 23, of Frederick, Maryland, received the prison sentence following a guilty plea on June 24, 2025, to stealing from two convenience stores and one count of money laundering.
In a plea agreement, Derr admitted that after being discharged from the military for misconduct in 2023, he relocated to Iowa City and committed a number of robberies in the Cedar Rapids region. Derr stated that on December 27, 2023, he stole from the Casey’s General Store in Robins, stealing about $7,000 in cash and other items. On January 1, 2024, he robbed the Kum & Go on Four Oaks Drive in Cedar Rapids. Derr was previously convicted and sentenced in state court for robbing the Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust branch on Council Street in Cedar Rapids on January 3, 2024, and taking more than $16,000 in cash. Derr stated that after each heist, he laundered the stolen funds by depositing them many times into his Maryland bank account to conceal the nature, source, and ownership of the money. Derr flew to Maryland on January 3, 2024, and then made two deposits totaling more than $4,800 from heist proceeds.
When the United States Marshals Service attempted to arrest Derr at his Iowa City residence, they discovered a message that read, “Catch me if you can.” Derr surrendered to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office on January 12, 2024, in response to the United States Marshals Service’s efforts to catch him.
Derr was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by C.J. Williams, Chief Judge of the United States District Court. Derr was sentenced to 34 months and 29 days in jail. This jail term ran simultaneously with the balance of Derr’s state prison sentence for bank robbery. The court ordered Derr to pay $7,359.89 in restitution to Casey’s, $308.20 to Kum & Go, and $16,705 to Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust. He must also serve a three-year period of supervised release following his prison sentence. There is no parole under the federal system.
Derr is being held in custody by the United States Marshals Service until he can be brought back to Iowa’s prison system to serve his state term.
Assistant United States Attorney Patrick J. Reinert prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the United States Marshals Service’s Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force, the Cedar Rapids Police Department, the Robins Police Department, the Linn County Attorney’s Office, the University of Iowa Police Department, and the Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff’s Office.
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