Braddock Hills Man Convicted Of Robbing West Virginia Bank
Friday, December 20, 2024, 1:50 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
WHEELING, W.VA.- Following a two-day trial, on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, a federal jury for the Northern District of West Virginia found Frank L. Morrison, 58, of Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania, of one count of Bank Robbery, in connection with the September 2018, Ohio County, West Virginia bank robbery.
Following the jury returning their findings on Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge John Preston Bailey accepted the jury’s verdict and scheduled sentencing for a time and date to be determined by the court. When sentenced, Morrison faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the bank robbery, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office will seek to have the bank robbery sentence run consecutively to the current term of imprisonment he is presently serving.
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According To The U.S. Attorney’s Office
According to U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld and evidence presented at trial, on September 4, 2018, Morrison walked into the United Bank Elm Grove in Wheeling, West Virginia, wearing a mask and demanded money from two bank tellers, obtaining over $4,200 in cash before fleeing the bank.
During the trial, the jury viewed surveillance video that captured footage of Morrison disposing of his mask and other items in a nearby dumpster. During the initial investigation, investigators recovered the items from the dumpster, obtained DNA evidence from the items, and subsequent testing from the masked matched Morrison’s DNA profile.
“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 has a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for armed bank robbery, robbery, and access device fraud. Morrison is presently serving an 87-month federal prison term for federal firearms convictions in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
