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Defendant Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Armed Bank Robbery

BRIAN KEITH MAYS, 58, of Arkansas, has been sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison for committing armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence in Oklahoma City.

On January 21, 2025, a federal Grand Jury returned a two-count Superseding Indictment, charging Mays with armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. On March 13, 2025, after a three-day trial, a federal jury found Mays guilty of both counts.

According to evidence presented at trial, on July 5, 2024, Mays brandished a pistol at the FNB Community Bank in Harrah, Oklahoma, and demanded money from the tellers. The tellers complied, and Mays left the bank with $12,123.00. Agents with the FBI reviewed surveillance footage from the bank and an adjoining store, where they viewed Mays flee the scene.

An eyewitness was able to obtain the tag number of the get-away vehicle, and an investigation into that car led authorities to Mays. At the sentencing hearing on June 30, 2025, U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Jones sentenced Mays to serve 120 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Prosecutors noted the dangerous nature and circumstances of the robbery as well as the impact such an offense has on the victims. This case is the result of an investigation by the FBI Oklahoma City and Fort Smith Field Offices, Harrah Police Department, Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, and the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel Gridley and Drew E. Davis and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Laney Ellis prosecuted the case. This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative to address and reduce violent crime. The case was funded by a federal Project Safe Neighborhoods grant awarded to the City of Oklahoma City.