Myrtle Beach Woman Sentenced for Bank Robberies
| U.S. Attorney’s Office June 23, 2009 |
COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins stated that Elysia Nicole Nolan, age 20, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for bank robbery, and for committing another bank robbery while out on bond. United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell of Florence imposed the sentence, and also ordered Nolan to pay restitution in the amount of $10,093.00.
Ms. Nolan and Maurice Russell Small, age 24, also of Myrtle Beach, robbed the Georgetown Craft Credit Union in Georgetown on May 21, 2008, the Citizen’s Bank in Florence on May 29, 2008, and the Anderson Brother’s Bank in Loris on June 2, 2008. They were arrested after the Loris robbery, but were released after posting bond. Less than a month later, the pair robbed the Branch Banking and Trust branch in Murrell’s Inlet on June 26, 2008.
Small was sentenced earlier this year for his participation in the robberies, receiving a prison term of 87 months.
The case was investigated by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney William E. Day, II, of the Florence office handled the case.