WHEELING, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A federal jury has convicted a Pennsylvania man of robbing a bank in Ohio County, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Frank L. Morrison, 58, of Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania, was found guilty of bank robbery on Wednesday following a two-day trial. The conviction stems from the September 4, 2018, robbery of United Bank in Elm Grove.
According to evidence presented during the trial, Morrison entered the bank wearing a mask and demanded money from two tellers, escaping with more than $4,200.
Surveillance video showed him discarding his mask and other items into a nearby dumpster. Investigators later recovered the materials and matched DNA evidence from the mask to Morrison.
Morrison has a long criminal record, including prior convictions for armed bank robbery, robbery, and access device fraud.
He is currently serving an 87-month sentence for federal firearms convictions in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
“Frank Morrison has made a living committing crimes throughout the region, but his criminal career is now over,” said U.S. Attorney Ihlenfeld. “We will seek a sentence that will keep Mr. Morrison behind bars for the rest of his life so that he can no longer terrorize the public.”
Morrison faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the Wheeling bank robbery. Prosecutors plan to request that the sentence be served consecutively to his current term, according to Ihlenfeld.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Clayton Reid and Carly Nogay.
Investigative efforts were led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the West Virginia State Police, and the Wheeling Police Department.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided over the trial.
