Damon Johnson, Bank Robbery, Texas 2024

Grimy Times EXCLUSIVE: In a daring daylight heist, Damon Johnson, 51, robbed the PNC Bank on North Glenbrook Drive in Garland, Texas on November 14, 2024. The brazen bank robbery was a violent act that left a bank customer shaken.

A multi-convicted felon, Damon Johnson was sentenced today to 200 months in federal prison for robbing the PNC Bank in Garland, Texas. United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced the sentence, which is a result of the efforts of the FBI Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force.

Court documents reveal that as a customer was conducting business at a teller station inside the bank, Johnson grabbed her from behind and held her hostage. Johnson then pointed a firearm at the teller and demanded $3,900 from the register. After the teller gave him the money, Johnson fled on foot.

Johnson was arrested in December 2024 shortly after indictment. Court records reflect that Johnson was previously convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, for which he was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison. He had also served a 10-year federal imprisonment sentence for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

At the time he committed the bank robbery in November 2024, he was on federal supervised release for these two offenses. During the sentencing hearing, Judge Boyle pointed to Johnson’s lengthy criminal record, including his 1991 Michigan state conviction of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder—which involved Johnson raping a woman and setting her on fire—as well as his other convictions for drug and firearm offenses, when imposing the 200-month 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.”

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marissa Aulbaugh prosecuted the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/multi-convicted-felon-sentenced-more-16-years-federal-prison-bank-robbery