A Roanoke senior citizen indicted in a pair of 2022 bank robberies made his first appearance on the charges in federal court on Thursday.
Michael Anthony McCoy, 67, of Roanoke, was indicted by a federal grand jury last month on one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, two counts of bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
McCoy was arrested late last year in Newport News on other charges.
A second defendant, Dawn Davis, previously pleaded guilty to related charges.
According to the indictment, on Oct. 26, 2022, McCoy directed Davis to write a threatening note to use in a bank robbery. After Davis wrote the note as directed, McCoy entered the Truist Bank location on NW Melrose Avenue in Roanoke and handed the note to a bank teller.
After McCoy handed the note to the teller, he approached a second teller and brandished a firearm.
McCoy and Davis stole approximately $6,485 from the Truist Bank location.
Two days later, McCoy then robbed another Truist Bank, stealing nearly $6,000 from that bank.
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