Man sentenced to 2 years in Moraine bank robbery

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

A man who pleaded guilty in connection to robbery at a Moraine Fifth Third Bank in September was sentenced last week.

Bill Madewell III was sentenced to two years in prison by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Susan Solle and will be on probation for one to five years following his release, according to court records.

The sentence will be served at the same time as his six-month sentence for harassment by an inmate (bodily substances) in a separate case.

Madewell pleaded guilty to one count of robbery earlier this month. A robbery (deadly weapon) charge was dismissed.

Bill Madewell III

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The case stemmed from a robbery at the Fifth Third Bank at 1923 W. Dorothy Lane.

Around 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6, Madewell reportedly walked into the bank and handed a note demanding cash to a teller.

The teller gave him an envelope with cash inside and Madewell fled to a wooded area near Mayberry’s Moving and Storage and discarded the clothes he was wearing, according to Kettering Municipal Court records.

Police arrested Madewell after he came out of the woods.

Officers found a knife, crack pipe and cash that matched the amount taken from the bank in his pockets, according to court records.

Madewell did not show a weapon during the robbery, according to Moraine police.

Madewell was previously indicted for the robbery of a different bank in 2021 in Harrison Twp.

In that case, Madewell reportedly handed a note demanding cash to a teller around 9:20 a.m. Dec. 7, 2021, at Chase Bank, 5730 N. Dixie Drive. No weapon was displayed and Madewell fled in a car with an unknown amount of cash before he was stopped and arrested, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

He waived his indictment and pleaded guilty March 28, 2023, to a misdemeanor theft charge via a bill of information, court records show. Following his plea, Solle sentenced him to time served in jail.

Staff Writer Jen Balduf contributed to this report.

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