A federal jury has convicted a Pennsylvania man of robbing a bank in West Virginia, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced on Wednesday.
After a two-day trial, Frank L. Morrison, 58, of Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania, was found guilty of bank robbery.
On September 4, 2018, Morrison entered United Bank in Elm Grove, West Virginia, wearing a mask. He demanded money from two tellers, making off with more than $4,200. Surveillance footage played a critical role in the case, capturing Morrison discarding his mask and other items in a nearby dumpster. Investigators later retrieved the discarded items and used DNA evidence from the mask to link Morrison to the crime.
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Morrison has an extensive criminal history, including convictions for armed bank robbery, robbery, and access device fraud. He is currently serving an 87-month federal sentence for 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.”
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Morrison faces a potential sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison for the bank robbery conviction. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has stated that it will push for the sentence to run consecutively to Morrison’s current term.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Clayton Reid and Carly Nogay.
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