Antonio Johnson, Travis Jackson, Shalundra Johnson, Bank Robbery and Kidnapping, Tennessee 2021

MEMPHIS, TN – In a series of brazen crimes, Antonio Johnson, 44, Travis Jackson, 37, and Shalundra Johnson, 39, were found guilty of kidnapping and multiple bank robberies. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr. announced the sentencing in federal court on September 3, 2021.

According to information presented in court, on September 14, 2018, at approximately 2:15 a.m., an employee of Trustmark Bank on Elvis Presley Blvd. was kidnapped and taken to the bank to complete a robbery. Approximately $73,400 was taken. Travis Jackson’s DNA was recovered from the zip-ties used to restrain the victim.

On December 7, 2018, at approximately 7:18 p.m., an employee of the First Tennessee Bank on Elvis Presley Blvd. was kidnapped and taken to the bank to complete a robbery. Approximately $110,435 was taken. Again, Travis Jackson’s DNA was recovered from the zip-ties used to restrain the victim and from other zip-ties recovered from the scene.

On April 4, 2019, at approximately 6:15 p.m., an employee of First South Financial Credit Union on East Shelby Drive was kidnapped and taken to the bank to complete a robbery. Approximately $425,000 was taken. Shalundra Johnson placed a tracking device on the victim’s vehicle for the gunmen to determine where the victim lived.

The case was investigated by the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Memphis Police Department, Desoto County (MS) Sheriff’s Department and Horn Lake, MS Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marques Young and Kevin Whitmore prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States District Court Judge Sheryl H. Lipman sentenced each defendant. Travis Jackson was sentenced to a total of 544 months (45.3 years) in federal prison to be followed by three years’ supervised release. Antonio Johnson was sentenced to 432 months (36 years) to be followed by three years supervised release. Shalundra Johnson was sentenced to 140 months (11.6 years) imprisonment to be followed by three years supervised release.

“These sentences should send a clear message that the FBI and our law enforcement partners make it a priority to bring to justice those who resort to bank robbery and kidnapping for ill-gotten financial gains,” said Special Agent in Charge of the Memphis Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Douglas M. Korneski.

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