Fashion-forward Cornell Neilly, 34, landed back in the clink after he was sprung from federal prison in May 2024 \u2014 for a prior bank robbery charge \u2014 for allegedly robbing or trying to rob six banks between August and October of last year.<\/p>\n
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Cornell Neilly, 34, known as the \u201cBurberry Bandit,\u201d was caught once again for allegedly trying to rob a half-dozen banks across Manhattan. Riyad Hasan<\/p>\n
Neilly made off with just shy of $3,000 in his spree, according to the indictment filed in Manhattan federal court charging him with three counts of bank robbery and three counts of attempted bank robbery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis alleged spree is a bank employee\u2019s worst nightmare,\u201d said FBI Acting Assistant Director in Charge Vanessa Tibbits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is alleged that Neilly robbed or attempted to rob, six banks across New York City \u2014 including in Chelsea, the West Village, and just north of Madison Square Park, handing over notes demanding specific amounts of U.S currency \u2014 taking thousands of dollars from three banks whose tellers complied with his demands.<\/p>\n
Dubbed the \u201cBurberry Bandit,\u201d Neilly became infamous in 2012 after he was captured while dressed in expensive plaid threads during a bank heist.<\/p>\n
Relatives previously told The Post that his appreciation of the finer things in life may have launched his life of crime\u00a0\u2014 and may\u00a0have returned to allegedly robbing banks because he\u2019s bipolar and is off his meds\u00a0\u2014 though there are no records that he ever sought or received\u00a0help from city mental health professionals.<\/p>\n
He had admitted to cops that his designer clothing shopping addiction fueled his life of crime.<\/p>\n
In some notes recovered by police in his past crimes, Neilly misspelled the word \u201crobbery\u201d when passing threats to bank tellers.<\/p>\n
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Neilly was released from prison in May 2024 after serving over 2 years behind bars for a previous bank robbery conviction.<\/p>\n
\u201cTHIS IS A ROBBY,\u201d some of his notes read.<\/a><\/p>\n In July 2022, Neilly was locked up for 26 months in federal prison, after pleading guilty to a single bank robbery charge in 2021,\u00a0The Post previously reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Prior to his 2022 sentencing,<\/a>\u00a0Neilly forewarned the court that \u201cjail doesn\u2019t rehabilitate you. You only get less connected to good people while you are in jail and more connected with bad ones. Actually, I learned about how to rob a bank from someone in jail.\u201d <\/p>\n He was released under supervised conditions in May 2024 after completing a two-year stint behind bars.<\/p>\n