"Duffel Bag Bandit" Indicted In Idaho For Bank Robbery

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"Duffel Bag Bandit" Indicted In Idaho For Bank Robbery

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Aug. 14, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced the indictment today of a Boise man currently living in Shreveport, Louisiana, for the March 2013 robbery of a Boise bank.

A one-count indictment filed today in United States District Court for the District of Idaho charges Gerald Edward Massey, 55, with robbing the US Bank located at 10556 Fairview Avenue of $64,500 on March 6, 2013. Massey was arrested by the FBI in Shreveport on Monday; he appeared yesterday in federal court there. An initial appearance in Idaho federal court has not been set.

Massey faces up to 20 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release.

The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

An indictment is a means of charging a person with criminal activity. It is not evidence. The person is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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