A man with multiple felony convictions has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison for a violent bank robbery, according to an announcement from United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould.
Damon Johnson, 51, was indicted in December 2024 after robbing a PNC Bank on North Glenbrook Drive in Garland, Texas, on November 14, 2024. He pleaded guilty to bank robbery in May 2025. U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle sentenced him to 200 months in federal prison.
Court documents state that Johnson grabbed a customer from behind inside the bank and held her hostage while pointing a firearm at the teller and demanding money. The teller handed over $3,900 before Johnson fled on foot. He was arrested shortly after his indictment in December 2024.
Records show that Johnson had previous convictions for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, resulting in prior sentences of 130 months and 10 years in federal prison respectively. At the time of the bank robbery, he was on federal supervised release for these offenses. During sentencing, Judge Boyle referenced Johnson’s extensive criminal history, including a 1991 Michigan conviction for assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder—a case involving rape and arson—as well as other drug and firearm offenses when imposing the sentence.
“The swift actions of FBI Dallas Violent Crime Task Force agents took this violent repeat offender off the streets,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould. “We will continue to pursue lengthy federal prison sentences for those like him to deter these types of crime sprees and restore safety in the Northern District of Texas.”
“The sentence received by the defendant is a result of the efforts of the Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force to hold accountable a felon with a violent criminal history,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock. “The FBI will continue to work alongside our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to fight violent crime in our communities across North Texas.”
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marissa Aulbaugh.
