Is Robbing a TX Bank Always a Federal Crime?
Bank robbery is a crime most people are familiar with – not because they’ve perpetrated it, but because
it’s seen so much on television and in movies. In fact, you may think it is a crime that doesn’t occur very
much in modern times, but that assumption would be wrong.
Bank robbery is alive and well in Texas and the United States. In fact, a man who is believed to have
committed a string of bank robberies across several states, including Texas, was just recently sentenced
to 10 years in federal prison for aggravated bank robbery.
How serious is a bank robbery and is it always a federal crime? These are interesting questions, and the
answers are right here.
Bank Robbery in Texas
Bank robbery is generally considered to be the act of attempting to take or take money, property, or
anything valuable from a credit union, savings and loan