WHEELING, W. Va. — A Braddock Hills man was convicted by a federal grand jury for robbing a bank in Wheeling, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia announced Thursday.
Following a two-day trial, Frank L. Morrison, 58, was found guilty on Wednesday.
Authorities said on Sept. 4, 2018, Morrison walked into United Bank in Elm Grove wearing a mask and demanded money from two tellers. He got away with $4,200.
The jury watched the surveillance video, which showed Morrison throwing away his mask and other things into a nearby dumpster. Investigators were able to obtain matching DNA evidence from the mask.
The U.S. attorney’s office said that Morrison has a lengthy criminal history, including prior convictions for bank robbery, robbery and access device fraud. He is currently serving an 87-month sentence for a federal firearms conviction in Western 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 is facing up to 20 years in federal prison for the Wheeling bank robbery. Ihlenfeld said the United States will seek to have that sentence run consecutively to the term he is currently serving
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