Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Christopher Michael Nelson (43, Spring Hill) yesterday pleaded guilty to six counts of bank robbery. Nelson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to the plea agreements, in the five-day span between February 14 and Feb. 18, 2014, Nelson robbed banks in Brandon, Wesley Chapel, Zephyrhills, Jacksonville and Tallahassee, Florida. On Feb. 20, 2014, Nelson was arrested at the Hard Rock Casino Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Carlton C. Gammons.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
