Released Bank Robber Robs Same Bank A Second Time

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An Oklahoma City federal judge has returned a man to prison for robbing the same bank a second time.

Michael William Allen, 40, of Midwest City, has been sentenced to 151 months in prison for bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing announced recently. In July 2018, a federal grand jury charged Allen with robbing a Bank of Oklahoma branch located at 2601 N. Meridian in Oklahoma City on May 2, 2018. On that day, Allen entered the branch and handed the bank teller a note stating, “Give me everything in both drawers. No dye money or devices or I will shoot. Don’t push button until after I leave. Now.”

Allen was on federal supervised release for his 2018 stick-up when he robbed the exact same Bank of Oklahoma branch. Based on his new crime, the government filed a petition to revoke Allen’s term of supervised release. On November 4, 2019, Allen entered a plea of guilty to robbing the bank a second time. Senior U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton sentenced Allen to serve 151 months in prison for the bank robbery and 24 months for the revocation, both to run concurrently. After his prison term, Allen will serve three years on supervised release. Judge Heaton also ordered Allen to pay $500 in restitution to the Bank of Oklahoma.