LEXINGTON, Ky. – An Alabama man, Maxwell Hayslip, 27, was
sentenced to 60 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine on
Friday by Chief United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after previously
admitting to robbing five banks by intimidation in Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Georgia.
As part of his guilty plea, Hayslip and admitted that,
between August 7 and November 13, 2018, he robbed banks in Lexington, Kentucky;
Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Bowling Green, Kentucky; and
Carrollton, Georgia. Hayslip admitted
that he wrongfully obtained over $14,000 over the course of his robbery spree,
and he agreed to pay that total amount back in restitution. According to his
plea agreement, he was captured by law enforcement in Alabama, soon after the
Lexington robbery.
In addition to the prison sentence, Hayslip must pay $14,258
in restitution and a $20,000 fine imposed by the court. Under federal law,
Hayslip must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence and will be under the
supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for life.
Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Kentucky; James Robert Brown, Jr., Special Agent in Charge,
Federal Bureau of Investigation; Lawrence Weathers, Chief of the Lexington
Police Department; Michael Bowen, Chief of the Murfreesboro Police Department;
Steve Anderson, Chief of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department; Doug
Hawkins, Chief of the Bowling Green Police Department; and Joel Richards, Chief
of the Carrollton Police Department, jointly announced the sentencing.
Local law enforcement agencies in each respective
jurisdiction investigated Hayslip, and the federal investigation was directed
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The United States was represented by
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney James T. Chapman.
The year 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the Department
of Justice. Learn more about the history
of our agency at www.Justice.gov/Celebrating150Years.
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