{Huntington, West Virginia}...Charles Jeffrey Asher, 52, of Tennessee, was sentenced in Huntington Thursday to 12 years and seven months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers. Asher admitted that he entered the First Priority Federal Credit Union in Barboursville on August 23, 2011, dressed in a security guard uniform, and displayed a replica pistol, demanded cash from a teller and threatened to shoot if tellers failed to comply. He fled the bank with about$14,590. Asher also admitted that, on October 3, 2011, he entered the BB&T in Hurricane and repeated the same procedure as the previous robbery. Asher made off with $15,602. Asher was arrested at a rest area near Hurricane a few minutes after the BB&T robbery. According to court records, Asher was released from a federal prison in Kentucky on August 19, 2011, and taken to a bus station in Huntington. He was supposed to go to a halfway house in Nashville, Tennessee, but he never arrived.Thursday, May 3, 2012
Man Sentenced In WV Robberies
{Huntington, West Virginia}...Charles Jeffrey Asher, 52, of Tennessee, was sentenced in Huntington Thursday to 12 years and seven months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers. Asher admitted that he entered the First Priority Federal Credit Union in Barboursville on August 23, 2011, dressed in a security guard uniform, and displayed a replica pistol, demanded cash from a teller and threatened to shoot if tellers failed to comply. He fled the bank with about$14,590. Asher also admitted that, on October 3, 2011, he entered the BB&T in Hurricane and repeated the same procedure as the previous robbery. Asher made off with $15,602. Asher was arrested at a rest area near Hurricane a few minutes after the BB&T robbery. According to court records, Asher was released from a federal prison in Kentucky on August 19, 2011, and taken to a bus station in Huntington. He was supposed to go to a halfway house in Nashville, Tennessee, but he never arrived.