United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern
District of Alabama announced that Wilford Richard Tracy was sentenced to 63
months of imprisonment on March 11,
2020. Tracy pled guilty to the bank
robbery charge in December 2019. United States District Court Judge Callie V.
Granade imposed the sentence and ordered that when Tracy is released from
imprisonment, he will serve three years of supervised release and refrain from frequenting
any gaming establishment.
Court records established that on July 12, 2019, Tracy
robbed the First Bank on Dauphin Island Parkway in Theodore, Alabama. Tracy
wore a ball cap and aviator sunglasses into the bank and handed a note to
teller stating: “BE CALM GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY NO TRACKING DEVICE I HAVE A
GUN.” No weapon was seen by anyone at the scene although the defendant kept one
hand in his pocket as though it was on a weapon. The teller gave Tracy $1,520 and Tracy fled
with the money. A camera at a business next to the bank captured a man fitting
the description of the bank robber getting into a vehicle and fleeing the
scene. Agents were able to identify Tracy from the video and arrested him the
same day. Tracy had the money from the bank robbery in his possession when
arrested.
At the time of the robbery, Tracy was on federal supervised
release for a 2015 federal conviction based on Tracy’s 911 calls claiming bombs
had been placed at various high schools in Mobile. Tracy was also previously
convicted in federal court in 2009 for bank robbery.
The case was investigated by the Mobile Police Department
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Violent Crimes Task Force. It was
prosecuted in the United States Attorney’s Office by Assistant United States
Attorney George F. May.
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