OKLAHOMA CITY — Three out-of-state suspects have been indicted on multiple charges in the armed robbery of a MidFirst bank in Oklahoma City.
David John-Matthew Davis, 38, and Paris Kathryn Mace, 29, both of Omaha, Nebraska, along with Christian Deleon Lane, 36, of Dallas, Texas, are charged in Oklahoma’s Western District federal court with armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery, and aiding and abetting the robbery.
It is alleged that on the morning of Feb. 23, Davis entered a MidFirst Bank in northwest OKC, brandished a semi-automatic pistol, and vaulted over the teller counter. In an affidavit, an FBI special agent wrote that Davis grabbed a teller, pointed the gun at the man’s head and ordered him to open the bank vault.
When the teller told the gunman two people are needed to open the vaults, the bandit grabbed another teller “and pulled her into the vault area,” too, “pointing the gun at her head” and ordering the two tellers to open the vaults.
The tellers complied “and Davis began filling a bag with money retrieved from the vaults.”
Davis then jumped back over the teller counter and exited the bank with an unspecified amount of money. It is further alleged that Mace served as a getaway driver for the robbery, and Lane assisted with arranging the robbery.
The car in which the robbers drove away was found abandoned, with no license plate, approximately one-quarter mile from the bank. The vehicle identification number enabled the car to be traced to an Edmond resident who produced a bill of sale showing the vehicle was sold on Feb. 21 to Christian Deleon Lane.
Further investigation led to the arrest of Davis in Omaha, Nebraska, on Feb. 27 and the arrest of Mace and Lane in Dallas, Texas, on Feb. 28. Evidence also showed that prior to the holdup, Lane drove to Oklahoma City and bought the getaway car, the FBI agent wrote.
All three were ordered detained pending trial, because of the flight risk and, in Lane’s case, because of his prior criminal history and “participation in criminal activity while on probation, parole or supervision.”
A trial date had not been set as of March 28.
If found guilty of armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting, each defendant faces up to 25 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and payment of restitution. If convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, each defendant faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and payment of restitution.
This case is the result of an investigation by FBI’s Oklahoma City Field Office and the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Robbery Division, with assistance from the United States Attorney’s Offices, FBI Field Offices, and local law enforcement in Dallas and Omaha.