James T. Jacks
Acting United States Attorney
Northern District of Texas

MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT TO ROBBING
AMARILLO NATIONAL BANK

Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal Prison

AMARILLO, Texas — William Eugene Boyd, of Amarillo, Texas, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to one count of bank robbery in connection with the November 1, 2008, robbery of Amarillo National Bank, announced acting U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Boyd, who has been in custody since his arrest the day following the robbery, faces a maximum statutory sentence of twenty years in prison, a $250,000 fine and restitution. He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 9, 2009 by Judge Robinson.

In documents filed in Court, Boyd, 44, admitted that at approximately 9:07 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2008, he entered the Amarillo National Bank branch located at NE 24th and Grand Street in Amarillo and approached a teller window. He told the teller to not make a fuss but that he had a pistol in his pocket and to give him all of the money. The teller complied and Boyd took the money and fled the bank.

Around noon the following day, Boyd went to the Amarillo Police Department and advised the clerk that he wanted to discuss the bank robbery that occurred the previous day. Detectives took Boyd into an interview room, advised him of his Miranda warnings, after which Boyd advised them he wanted to speak to an attorney. He was then put into a live line-up and the victim teller identified Boyd as the bank robber.

The case was investigated by the Amarillo Police Department and the FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Drake is prosecuting the case.

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