West
Hamlin Woman Charged with Robbing Teays Valley Nursing Home of Prescription
Painkillers; Also Charged in Lincoln County Bank Robbery
CHARLESTON, WV—United States Attorney
Booth Goodwin announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Charleston
returned a six-count indictment charging a Lincoln County woman with federal
armed robbery. The indictment charges Morgan Marie Mullins, 26, of West Hamlin,
West Virginia, with the May 2, 2012 federal armed robbery of the Teays Valley
Center nursing home located in Hurricane, West Virginia. The indictment alleges
that Mullins robbed the nursing home of numerous controlled substances,
including prescription painkillers.
The indictment also charges Mullins with
one count of federal armed bank robbery. The indictment alleges that on May 22,
2012, Mullins robbed the City National Bank in West Hamlin, Lincoln County,
West Virginia of $3,000 cash. Mullins allegedly used a 9-millimeter pistol
during the bank robbery.
The indictment also charges Mullins with
two counts of being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. It is
alleged that on May 2 and May 22, 2012, Mullins did knowingly possess a
9-millimeter pistol and at the time was an unlawful user of and addicted to a
controlled substance.
Mullins faces a mandatory minimum of 32
years (seven years on count two and 25 years on count five as listed in the
indictment) and up to life in prison and a $1.5 million fine if convicted on
all charges.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Steven I. Loew is
in charge of the prosecution.
This case is being brought as part of
Project Safe Neighborhoods. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide
commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by working with existing
local programs that target gun crime.
The charges contained in an indictment
are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until
proven guilty.
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