Roanoke Man Charged with Robbing Truist Banks Makes Court Appearance

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Michael McCoy is Charged with Stealing Over $12,000 from Truist Banks in Roanoke

Roanoke, Va. - A local man indicted by a federal grand jury last month on bank robbery charges, made his initial court appearance yesterday in federal court.

Michael Anthony McCoy, 67, of Roanoke, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Roanoke on one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, two counts of bank robbery (one of which includes the use of a dangerous weapon), and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. McCoy was arrested late last year in Newport News, Virginia, on other charges.

A second defendant, Dawn Davis, previously pleaded guilty to related charges.

According to the indictment, on October 26, 2022, McCoy directed Davis to write a threatening note to use in a bank robbery. After Davis wrote the note as directed, McCoy entered the Truist Bank location on NW Melrose Avenue in the City of Roanoke and handed the note to a bank teller. After McCoy handed the note to the teller, he approached a second teller and brandished a firearm.

McCoy and Davis stole approximately $6,485 from the Truist Bank location.

Two days later, McCoy then robbed another Truist Bank, stealing nearly $6,000 from that bank as well.

Acting U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Lee, Stanley M. Meador, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Richmond Division, and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares made the announcement.

The FBI is investigating the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Scheff and Special Assistant United States Attorney John Beamer, an Assistant Attorney General with the Virginia Attorney General's Major Crimes and Emerging Threats Section, are prosecuting the case.

An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Updated January 10, 2025