CLERMONT COUNTY MAN ARRESTED ON ARMED BANK ROBBERY CHARGES

Timothy P. Murphy, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Cincinnati Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced the arrest of Todd Brattain, age 33, Pleasant Plains, Ohio. Brattain was arrested by FBI agents, assisted by the Dayton Police Department, at his place of employment, in Blanchester, Ohio, on March 7, 2007. Brattain was charged in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, with violations of Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 2113(a) and (d) - Bank Robbery - and of Title 18, U.S. Code Section 924(c)(1)(A)(ii). Violation of the first statute is punishable by imprisonment of up to twenty five years and violation of the second statute is punishable by imprisonment of up to seven years.

The arrest arose as a result of the investigation of the robbery of National City Bank, 10 South Dorset, Troy, Ohio, on January 14, 2005.

Brattain's initial appearance before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz at the U.S. District Courthouse in Dayton, Ohio, occurred on March 7, 2007. Brattain was detained pending a preliminary examination/detention hearing scheduled for Monday, March 12, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.

SAC Murphy praised the cooperative efforts of the Dayton Police Department who assisted with this arrest

The public is reminded that criminal complaints contain only allegations of criminal misconduct and that a defendant is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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