ST. PAUL, MINN. (KFGO) A West Virginia man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in prison for robbing a Moorhead bank.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 53-year-old Robert Vaughn Evans was sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Court documents state that Vaughn entered Gate City Bank branch at Hornbacher’s in south Moorhead on May 1, 2019, and handed a bank teller a note that said, “I have a gun.” Evans told the teller he did not want “bait” and that he was “not [expletive] around” while reaching for his back waistline, leading the teller to believe Evans possessed and was reaching for a gun.
The teller retrieved $3,860 from the drawer and gave it to Evans, who put the money in his pocket and fled on foot. The robbery was captured from several angles on high-quality surveillance video.
According to court documents, Evans also admitted that on February 13, 2019, he robbed Key Bank in Niagara Falls, New York. Upon entering the bank, Evans presented a note to the bank teller which claimed he had a weapon and requested “no bait packs.” Evans was given $786 in cash before fleeing the bank.
As part of his sentence, Evans was ordered to pay $3,860 in restitution to Gate City Bank in Moorhead, Minnesota, and $786 to Key Bank in Niagara Falls, New York.
