CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 20-year-old resident of Wilmer has
been ordered to federal prison for a significant amount of time after
committing multiple bank robberies and brandishing a firearm during a crime of
violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
Markeist Daquon Reed pleaded guilty June 17, 2019, to a
total of three counts of bank robbery involving three different banks and one
count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Today, Senior U.S. District Judge John Rainey handed Reed a
63-month sentence for the robberies. He also received an additional 84 months
for the firearms charge which must be served consecutively to the other
sentence imposed. The sentences will be immediately followed by three years of
supervised release. In handing down the more than 12-year sentence, the court
noted how people were put in significant danger as a result of Reed’s actions
during each of the robberies.
The charges stem from a series of bank robberies that
occurred Oct. 5, Oct. 19 and Oct. 25, 2018, at the BB&T Bank on Park Lane
in Dallas, Value Bank Texas on South Staples in Corpus Christi and BBVA Compass
Bank on Ayers Street in Corpus Christi, respectively.
In each instance, a male - later identified as Reed -
entered the banks and approached an employee demanding money. During the last
robbery, Reed carried with him and pointed an AK-47 style rifle as he demanded
the money from the bank employee. Reed was later arrested during a traffic
stop. At that time, law enforcement recovered the rifle and items linking him
to the robberies.
Reed has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to
a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
The FBI and police departments in Corpus Christi and Dallas
conducted the investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lance Watt is prosecuting
the case.
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