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Macon Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Robbing Truist Bank Branch
Gabriel Bell, 29, of Macon, Georgia, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for robbing a Truist Bank Branch on Riverside Drive in Macon in 2023 while on federal supervised release, according to a statement from the Department of Justice USAO.
Bell was sentenced to serve 87 months for bank robbery and an additional 24 months for violating his supervised release, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell on June 5. He was also ordered to pay $3,000 restitution to Truist Bank.
“Two tips from concerned citizens helped law enforcement quickly track down Gabriel Bell, who was on federal supervised release at the time for illegally possessing a gun,” said U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary. “Law enforcement at every level is committed to keeping our communities safe from violence and seeking justice for victims.”
Bell was found guilty by a federal jury of one count of bank robbery on March 12. There is no parole in the federal system. The FBI processed the demand note for latent fingerprints and developed two latent prints that were determined to belong to Bell. The FBI also obtained location information from Bell’s cell phone and Google account which confirmed he was in the area near the bank at the time of the robbery.
Bell was previously convicted of armed robbery of the Huddle House in Jeffersonville, Georgia, in 2015. He was also found guilty in the Eastern District of North Carolina of one count of convicted felon in illegal possession of a firearm in 2021 and was on federal supervised release for that offense at the time of the Truist Bank robbery.
The case was investigated by the FBI and the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Howard prosecuted the case for the Government.
Bibb County Sheriff David J. Davis weighed in on the case, saying, “Our citizens can be grateful that dedicated investigative work from Bibb deputies and FBI agents have resulted in a repeat offender receiving prison time as a result of choosing crime as a career.”
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Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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