FORT MYERS, Fla. — Rashid Turner 32, will behind bars for his involvement in a string of armed robberies of banks and retail stores.
Following a seven-day trial, the jury found Turner guilty of one count of conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, two counts of bank robbery, three counts of interference with interstate commerce by robbery, and three counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Turner faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 21 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Turner’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for August 20, 2019.
In November 2017 Turner and codefendant Petrie Addison robbed a Wells Fargo Bank in Spring Hill. In December 2017, Co-defendant Zachary Gloster joined the crew, and they robbed Seacoast Banks in Arcadia and Port St. Lucie. In each of the bank robberies, the defendants stormed through the bank’s front doors shortly after opening time, held the employees at gunpoint, looted the teller drawers, and fled less than two minutes later.
Addison, Gloster, and Lias pleaded guilty for their roles in this case before Turner’s trial.
They are currently awaiting sentencing.
