10/21/16
by News Department on 10/21/16Bank robber to remain in prison...
A three-judge state Superior Court panel ruled Thursday that 32 year old Kevin E. Smith, of Harrisburg, who robbed two banks in June 2012 in western Schuylkill County, was properly convicted in each case.
State police at Schuylkill Haven filed both sets of charges against Smith, alleging he robbed Miners Bank, 29 E. Main St., Tremont, on June 6, 2012, and Halifax National Bank, in Tower City, on June 29, 2012.
A jury convicted Smith on April 10, 2013, after a three-day trial, over which county Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin presided.
The panel rejected the appeal filed by Smith ruling he did not file it in time under applicable state law.
As a result, Smith’s conviction in the two cases against him stands.
