From The Press of Atlantic City — CAMDEN – An Egg Harbor City man was sentenced Monday to 71 months in federal prison for his leadership role in a string of southern New Jersey bank burglaries that he committed with his two brothers, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie said. U.S. District Judge Rene M. Bumb also ordered John Earl Anderson, 42, to pay $260,887 in restitution. Anderson was arrested June 25, 2007, and has been held without bail since.

On Feb. 19, Anderson pleaded guilty to four counts of bank larceny. At his plea hearing, Anderson admitted that he participated with his two brothers, Samuel Anderson, 45, of Egg Harbor City, and Donald Lee Britton, 47, of Browns Mills, in breaking into various banks to steal money from ATMs and teller drawers.

On Oct. 10, 2007, both Samuel Anderson and Britton pleaded guilty to bank larceny. On June 23, Bumb sentenced Britton to 46 months in prison and ordered him to pay $162,364 in restitution. Samuel Anderson is scheduled to be sentenced before Bumb today at 10 a.m.