A North Texas man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison after admitting to robbing a Garland bank last year, federal officials said Tuesday.
Damon Johnson, 51, pleaded guilty in May to robbing a PNC Bank branch in November 2024. U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle sentenced him to 200 months in federal prison.
According to court records, Johnson had previously served 130 months for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and another 10-year sentence for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He was on federal supervised release for those cases at the time of the robbery.
Judge Boyle also cited Johnson’s violent criminal history — including a 1991 Michigan assault conviction in which he raped a woman and set her on fire — in handing down the sentence.
“The swift actions of FBI Dallas Violent Crime Task Force agents took this violent repeat offender off the streets,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould. “We will continue to pursue lengthy federal prison sentences for those like him to deter these types of crime sprees and restore safety in the Northern District of Texas.”
The FBI Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force investigated the robbery. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marissa Aulbagh prosecuted the case.
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