Three Men Indicted for Bank Robbery

COVINGTON—A federal grand jury sitting in Covington, Ky. returned two indictments this afternoon that charges three men with robbing three Northern Kentucky banks in June of this year.

One indictment charges 31-year-old Marocko D. Conley and 28-year-old Andrew G. Bush, both of Newport, Ky., for robbing the U.S. Bank located on South Fort Thomas Avenue in Campbell County on June 19.

The second indictment alleges that 28-year-old Nicholas E. Martin of Cincinnati, Ohio robbed the Citizens Bank branch located at 2911 Alexandria Pike in Highland Heights on June 21, 2010.

According to the indictment, two days after the first alleged robbery, Martin robbed the Fifth Third Bank branch located at 53 Donnermeyer Drive in Bellevue.

Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Elizabeth A. Fries, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly made the announcement today after a federal grand jury in Covington returned the indictments.

The investigations preceding the indictments were conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bellevue Police Department and the Fort Thomas Police Department. The indictments were presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorneys Robert K. McBride and Anthony J. Bracke.

A date for the defendants to appear in court has not yet been set by the U.S. District Court in Covington. If convicted, the defendants face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years for each count of robbery that they are charged with. However, any sentence following a conviction would be imposed by the court after consideration of the United States Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of sentences.

The indictment of a person by a grand jury is an accusation only, and that person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.