Jerome Bravo sentenced to 27 years for 10 armed bank robberies

A Denver man was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison for 10 armed robberies over three months.

According to the plea agreement, between Jan. 6, 2021 and March 31, 2021, 39-year-old Jerome Bravo and codefendant Jonathan Gullette robbed 10 banks in Denver, Aurora and Arvada.

Officials said Bravo, a Denver resident, and Gullete, a 24-year-old Aurora resident, robbed seven Denver banks, two in Aurora and one in Arvada.

The two were nicknamed the “Brazen Bandits” for their risky tactics during the robberies, including vaulting counters, waving guns and taking the teller drawers from the banks, a Thursday news release stated.

Bravo pleaded guilty in November, and was originally scheduled to be sentenced in February.

According to the news release from the U.S. attorney’s Office, the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Denver Police Department, Aurora Police Department and Arvada Police Department investigated the case.