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Bryan Campbell and Daymon Cassanova Ottey, Bank Robbery, PA 2017

Pittsburgh men Bryan Campbell, 28, and Daymon Cassanova Ottey, 29, are behind bars, facing federal charges tied to a violent bank robbery spree that terrorized Allegheny and Beaver Counties over a five-month stretch in 2017. Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint accusing the pair of conspiring to hit three banks, using firearms, and fleeing with over $90,000 in stolen cash—all while living it up on social media.

The first heist went down on March 7, 2017, at the S & T Bank in Plum, Pa. Campbell, clad in a ski mask, flashed a silver revolver and grabbed $7,707. He stuffed the cash into a pillowcase and vanished into a car registered to Ottey’s girlfriend. That same vehicle would reappear just weeks later, linking the duo to another brazen robbery.

On May 1, 2017, Campbell struck again—this time at the First National Bank in Verona, Pa. Wearing a hooded windbreaker, he vaulted over the counter, marched into the vault, and walked out with $84,200. Again, he used a silver handgun and escaped in the same getaway car. The robbery was captured in stark detail by surveillance cameras, showing a cold, calculated breach of one of the bank’s most secure areas.

After the Verona hit, Campbell’s girlfriend flooded social media with videos and photos flaunting luxury shopping trips, exotic vacations, and expensive jewelry—lifestyle flashes that raised red flags with investigators. Meanwhile, Ottey made a $30,000 cash purchase of a Jeep Grand Cherokee the day after the robbery. That same SUV was later seen fleeing the scene of a botched bank attempt in Baden, Pa. on July 22, 2017.

The silver revolver used in the robberies was recovered on March 5, 2018, during an FBI raid at Ottey’s home. He now faces charges not only for conspiracy and armed robbery but also for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The weapon’s recovery sealed a critical piece of evidence tying both men to the crimes.

Ottey faces a maximum of 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Campbell, who brandished the firearm during the March 7 robbery, faces a mandatory minimum of seven years and up to life behind bars. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy M. Lanni is prosecuting the case, with the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force leading a multi-agency investigation. A criminal complaint is not evidence of guilt—only a grand jury can return an indictment. But the evidence is piling up, and the feds are sending a message: bank robbery is still a federal suicide mission.

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