United States Attorney Richard B. Roper
Northern District of Texas

BANK ROBBER DUBBED THE “TOBOGGAN BANDIT”
PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT

DALLAS — Jim Wesley Davis, 56, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle, to two counts of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper of the Northern District of Texas. Davis was arrested by U.S. Marshals at his home in Denison, Texas in January 2008 after committing several bank/credit union robberies in late 2007 in the Dallas area. As part of the plea agreement, the Government and Davis agreed that the appropriate term of imprisonment in this case is 32 years, followed by a mandatory five-year term of supervised release. Sentencing is set for July 17, 2008.

Davis committed the following bank/credit union robberies:

• November 28, 2007
Guaranty Bank
6240 East Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, Texas

• November 29, 2007
Sovereign Bank
377 West Campbell Road, Suite 100
Richardson, Texas

• December 6, 2007
Resource One Credit Union
7518 Ferguson Road
Dallas, Texas

• December 27, 2007
Washington Mutual Bank
110 North Coit Road
Richardson, Texas

During each of the four robberies, Davis wore sunglasses, a toboggan cap and a shoulder bag In three of the robberies, Davis pointed a handgun at bank employees or customers, and in one instance, held a handgun to a customer’s back and said, “Be quiet.”

 A search warrant was executed at Davis’s residence following his arrest, and during a search of his bedroom closet, officers found a loaded .357 caliber revolver, wrapped in a toboggan cap, as well as clothing items worn by Davis during the bank robberies

U.S. Attorney Roper praised the investigative efforts of the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Dallas, Richardson, and Denison, Texas, Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim McCabe is prosecuting the case.

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