Man Indicted For Trussville And St Clair County Bank Robberies

BIRMINGHAM, AL - A federal grand jury has indicted a Conecuh County man for three armed bank robberies in northern Alabama last year, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. Kelvin Carnell Golden, 32, of Evergreen, has been charged with armed bank robberies in St. Clair County, Jefferson County and Calhoun County. The indictment charges him with a separate firearm count on two of the robberies.

Golden robbed a Trussville branch of First Commercial Bank in April of last year. Following the robbery, Trussville police, Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies with search dogs, and agents from the FBI searched for the suspect along Pinchgut Creek after witnesses saw him run in that direction.

Golden used a handgun and robbed a Pell City branch of BB&T bank on March 31 last year. The indictment charges Golden with brandishing a 9mm semi-automatic pistol during that robbery.

Armed bank robbery carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence carries a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison, which must be served consecutively to any other sentence imposed for the crime.

Photo from Federal Bureau of Investigation