Jury convicts Gary man in bank robbery where guard was slain
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Gary man of armed robbery and a weapons charge in the slaying of a bank security guard in 2021.
Prosecutors said Thursday that the jury found 26-year-old Hailey Gist-Holden guilty of armed robbery and using, carrying, brandishing and discharging a firearm during the June 11, 2021, robbery at First Midwest Bank in Gary.
Gist-Holden was arrested a week later in Georgia.
Fifty-five-year-old security guard Richard Castellana of Tinley Park, Illinois, died during the robbery.
The jury returned the verdict following a nine-day trial.
Gist-Holden’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 19.
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