Lubbock Man Indicted on Bank Theft Charge

LUBBOCK, TX—A federal grand jury in Lubbock, Texas has indicted Lubbock resident Darrell Eugene Cartwright, 29, on one count of bank theft, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Cartwright was arrested on June 18, 2010, on a charge outlined in a related federal criminal complaint and released on a personal recognizance bond.

According to the affidavit filed with the criminal complaint, on June 17, 2010, the Slaton, Texas Police Department advised the FBI that approximately $36,000 in cash had been stolen from the Citizens Bank in Slaton. They advised that the money had disappeared from a table in the bank. Cartwright, who had been working in the bank performing contract maintenance, was approached at his home later by law enforcement. He directed them to the missing cash. Cartwright advised that he found the money underneath the liner of a trash can in the men’s room of the bank.

An indictment is an accusation by a grand jury and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven otherwise. Upon conviction, however, the bank theft count carries a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The case is being investigated by the FBI, the Slaton Police Department, and the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven M. Sucsy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Lubbock, is in charge of the prosecution.