25 Years In Prison For Bucks Bank Robber That Tried To Kill State Trooper
Alex Lloyd Gross
by Alex Lloyd Gross
A Pennsylvania State Trooper is lucky to be alive, after coming in contact with Christopher Larue . Christopher Larue is lucky he was not shot by the state police. Larue will now spend the next 25 years of his life in federal jail. This all started on October 19,2020. Larue entered the QNB Bank in Perkasie and pulled out a gun. He threatened to shoot people if he was not given money. He got away with $11,000 and a tracking device.
That tracker led state police to a job site, in Consohocken where the convicted felon was working. He pulled a gun on the trooper, pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger. Repeatedly. Larue asked trooper if he wanted to die that day. The gun did not fire. It was jammed. Larue was taken into custody without injury to himself.
He was a convicted felon who served 12 years in federal lock up for several bank robberies . He had just gotten out of prison.
“This sentencing is especially poignant during a week when we have lost two Pennsylvania State Troopers who were bravely executing their duty in the face of extreme danger,” said U.S. Attorney Williams. “In this case, the defendant acted with complete disregard and callousness for the lives of the Pennsylvania State Troopers and the bank employees whom he threatened with a firearm. But for a misfired gun, the outcome could have been yet another tragic loss of life. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will not tolerate this kind of violent lawlessness.” “Christopher Larue aimed a loaded gun at a state trooper’s head, asked him if he wanted to die that day, and repeatedly pulled the trigger. It was very nearly a tragedy, but thankfully the weapon didn’t fire,” said Jacqueline Maguire, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division. “That was just after Larue had held three bank employees at gunpoint during a robbery — and that was after a previous string of bank robberies for which he’d served time. This is a dangerous serial offender who needs to be off the street. The FBI will continue working with the Pennsylvania State Police and all our law enforcement partners to keep violent criminals like Larue from committing further harm.”
Larue may also face state charges in Bucks County as well. In October 2021, the defendant pleaded guilty to one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of armed bank robbery.
