Tampa Man Indicted for Six Bank Robberies

TAMPA, FL—United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Kevin James Algood (age 33, of Tampa), with six bank robberies. Algood faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each bank robbery. The Indictment also notifies the defendant that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $13,663.00, the proceeds of the bank robberies.

Algood made his initial appearance in federal court on Thursday before Magistrate Judge Anthony E. Porcelli and was detained pending trial. He was arraigned, and pled not guilty to all six counts.

The indictment alleges that Algood is responsible for six bank robberies between August 23 and September 2, 2010 in Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties:

the August 23, 2010 robbery of approximately $1,350 from SunTrust Bank, located at

16520 Nebraska Avenue, Lutz, Florida

, Hillsborough County, Florida;

the August 24, 2010 robbery of approximately $1,000 from Regions Bank, located at

22645 State Road

54, Land O'Lakes, Florida, Pasco County, Florida;

the August 25, 2010 robbery of approximately $2,909 from Bank of America,

located at

22850 State Road

54, Land O'Lakes, Florida, Pasco County, Florida;

the August 30, 2010 robbery of approximately $2,000 from Bank of America, located at 15301 Amberly Drive, Tampa, Florida, Hillsborough County, Florida;

the September 2, 2010 robbery of approximately $599 from SunTrust Bank, 12902 North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, Florida, Hillsborough County, Florida; and

the September 3, 2010 robbery of approximately $5,805 from BB&T Bank, located at

14141 Walsingham Drive, Largo

, Florida, Pinellas County, Florida. An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of the federal criminal laws, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, the Pasco Sheriff's Office, the Tampa Police Department, and the Largo Police Department. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer L. Peresie.