Rusk County Man Sentenced for Longview Bank Robbery

TYLER – A 54-year-old Mt. Enterprise man has been sentenced in Tyler to 180 months in federal prison for robbing a Longview bank. Patrick Terry Gilbert pleaded guilty on May 27 to armed bank robbery. Gilbert was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $16,134.00. According to federal prosecutors, on Oct. 23, 2015, Gilbert entered the Capital One Bank in Longview dressed in dark clothing, wearing a “Scream” mask and armed with a short-barreled shotgun. Gilbert approached two bank tellers, pointed the shotgun at them, and demanded all of their money. Gilbert took more than $15,000 from the tellers and left the bank. Several weeks later, Gilbert was arrested in Nacogdoches County. He was indicted last November.