Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to 96 Months in Federal Prison
Defendant Robbed Five Branches of First Convenience Bank in Less Than Two Weeks
| U.S. Attorney’s Office June 16, 2010 |
DALLAS—Samuel Johns Dickey, 43, of Dallas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 96 months (eight years) in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $9000 in restitution for robbing five First Convenience Banks in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex between October 23 and November 4, 2009, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.
Dickey admitted committing the following bank robberies, all of which were located in WalMart stores:
| October 23, 2009 | First Convenience Bank 6401 North East Loop 820, North Richland Hills, Texas |
| October 25, 2009 | First Convenience Bank 2275 Gus Thomasson Road, Dallas |
| October 27, 2009 | First Convenience Bank 150 North Beckley, Lancaster, Texas |
| October 28, 2009 | First Convenience Bank 200 U.S. Highway 80, Mesquite, Texas |
| November 4, 2009 | First Convenience Bank 12300 Lake June Road, Balch Springs, Texas |
Dickey was arrested on November 9, 2009, after a concerned citizen saw a wanted poster of the suspect and notified law enforcement.
The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Kull.
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