United Bank Robbery Solved

The FBI, working closely with the United States Marshals Service, completed its investigation and arrested MICHAEL JESSE FRANKLIN in connection with the January 20, 2011 robbery of the United Bank located at 125 Mesa Hills Drive, El Paso, Texas. FRANKLIN, 39 years old and unemployed, was being held in the El Paso County Detention Facility on unrelated federal charges. He was charged with one count of bank robbery.

This case was worked by the FBI’s Violent Crime Task Force, which includes the El Paso Police Department and El Paso Sheriff’s Department.