DALLAS—Gregory Shelby, 27, has been
charged in a federal criminal complaint filed today with robbing a Comerica
Bank in Dallas yesterday, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the
Northern District of Texas. Shelby made his initial appearance in federal court
this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez who ordered that he
remain in custody pending a detention and probable cause hearing set for May 9,
2012.
According to the complaint filed in the
case, yesterday morning, a man entered the Comerica Bank, located at 11155
Garland Road in Dallas, approached a teller at the counter, threw a green
plastic bag on the counter, and stated, “Give me $45,000 in cash.” The man then
pulled out a weapon that appeared to be a machete from a cardboard box that he
held underneath his arm. Fearing for her life, the teller complied with the
man’s demands and began removing money from her cash drawer. As she was
removing the money and placing it inside the bag, the man told her, “That’s
enough.” The man then took the bag and left the bank.
Officers with the Dallas Police
Department (DPD) responded to the robbery and shortly thereafter captured the
bank robber, identified as Gregory Shelby, not far from the bank. He was in
possession of some of the currency that had been stolen from the bank.
A federal complaint is a written
statement of the essential facts of the offenses charged, and must be made
under oath before a magistrate judge. A defendant is presumed innocent unless
proven guilty. The government has 30 days to present the matter to a grand
jury. The maximum statutory sentence for one count of bank robbery, as
presently charged, is 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The investigation is being conducted by
the FBI and the DPD. Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Sparks is in charge of the
prosecution.
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