COLUMBUS, OHIO— A 49-year-old man who robbed banks without a disguise and made off with more than $21,000 plead guilty to six counts of bank robbery, officials said this week.
William J. McBride, Jr., of Columbus, robbed banks in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, federal prosecutors said.
Each count of armed robbery is a crime punishable by up to 25 years in prison, officials said.
According to court documents, between June 21, 2014 and August 23, 2014, McBride robbed six different federally insured banks in five different federal jurisdictions while armed with a dangerous weapon.
McBride, at gunpoint, demanded and received more than $21,000 in cash total from the banks.
The defendant did not wear any disguise during the robberies, and witnesses in each location were able to describe him, authorities said..
On August 23, 2014, a witness reported McBride’s license plate number upon seeing the defendant flee in his vehicle after robbing the Wesbanco Bank in St. Clairsville, Ohio, officials said.
Law enforcement officials discovered the vehicle was registered to McBride and subsequently arrested him later the same day in a hotel in Columbus.