(GAINESVILLE, Ga.) – A 24-year old Gainesville man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for robbing the Homer, Georgia, branch of the Habersham Federal Credit Union.
Mitchell Logan Reeves pleaded guilty last year to charges that he robbed the credit union on July 30, 2015 and used a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Gainesville. Reeves was sentenced to eight years, eight months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release.
“We hope this sentence restores the sense of safety to the bank employees and members of the community.” ~ U.S. Attorney John Horn
“Reeves pointed a fully loaded firearm at the face of a credit union teller and demanded all the money that was in her teller drawer,” says U. S. Attorney John Horn. “Outstanding deputies from the Banks County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation quickly apprehended Reeves and recovered the money that he stole. We hope this sentence restores the sense of safety to the bank employees and members of the community.”
According to Horn, the charges and other information presented in court, Reeves entered the Homer branch of the Habersham Federal Credit Union on July 30, 2015 wearing a black mask and tan hat. He walked up to the lone teller working in the branch at the time, pointed a firearm directly at her face, and demanded that she give him all the money in her teller drawer. The teller gave Reeves $1,729.00. After receiving the money Reeves fled. Witnesses observed him running into a wooded area near the credit union office. Banks County Sheriff’s Office deputies set up a perimeter around the wooded area and Reeves was arrested several hours later.
In the wooded area, law enforcement officers located the black mask, tan hat, and other clothing Reeves wore during the robbery. They also recovered a fully loaded Smith and Wesson .9 mm handgun and the $1,729.00 taken during the robbery.
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“The FBI commends the prompt actions of the responding deputies of the Banks County Sheriff’s Department that set in motion the quick and safe capture of this armed robber,” says FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. LeValley of the Atlanta Field Office. “The sentencing of Mr. Reeves to federal prison will afford him time to not only reflect on his extremely poor choices leading up to and including his actions involving the July, 2015 armed robbery of the Habersham Federal Credit Union, but also the significant emotional trauma that he inflicted on the victim teller that day.”
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan say Reeves’ conviction illustrates the “great work of law enforcement in investigating and prosecuting armed robberies in Georgia.”
Banks County Sheriff Carlton Speed says, “This case is an excellent example of just how critical it is to have an unrestricted line of communication between agencies in order to produce an efficient and successful conviction. I am exceptionally pleased with the assistance received from all agencies and the amount of professionalism put into each and every step of this investigation and prosecution.”
The case was investigated by the Banks County Sheriff’s Office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William L. McKinnon, Jr. prosecuted the case.
