Convicted Bank Robber Arrested on New Bank Robbery Charges

Keith L. Bennett, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Cincinnati Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Quincy Pope, Chief of Police, Trotwood Police Department; and Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, announced that FBI agents, Trotwood police officers, and members of the Miami Valley Safe Streets Task Force have arrested Daniel Figgers, age 43, Dayton, as the result of a federal arrest warrant issued by the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Dayton. A federal complaint has charged Figgers with violations of Title 18, U.S. Code Section 2113(a) and (d); and Section 924(c)(1)(A)(ii), brandishing a firearm during an armed bank robbery. Figgers was arrested without incident at the U.S. Probation and Parole Office, Dayton today. He will have an initial appearance in Magistrate’s Court at the U.S. District Courthouse, Dayton.

The federal complaint alleges that Figgers robbed the Fifth Third Bank branch at 1 East Main Street, Trotwood, Ohio, on Wednesday March 30, 2011. During the robbery, Figgers is alleged to have displayed a handgun to bank personnel.

Figgers is currently on federal supervised release as the result of his 2000 conviction on federal bank robbery charges. If convicted of the new charge, Figgers is subject to imprisonment for up to 32 years. Any new sentence could be added to any remaining period of incarceration from his previous conviction.

SAC Bennett, Chief Pope, and U.S. Attorney Stewart commended the agents and officers whose investigation led to the complaint and today’s arrest. The other members of the Miami Valley Safe Streets Task Force are the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the Dayton Police Department.

The public is reminded that criminal complaints contain only allegations of criminal misconduct and that a defendant is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.