Hager Hill Man Sentenced to 170 Months for Armed Robbery

By Lilly Adkins

BSN Associate Editor

PIKEVILLE — A Hager Hill man, who was indicted September 22, 2022, in Pikeville Federal Court and then entered a plea agreement on January 12, 2023, was sentenced on May 19 by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier to served 170 months in prison for the August 18, 2021 armed robbery of Community Trust Bank in the Allen Community of Floyd County.

Jeffrey Mullins, 62, admitted in the plea agreement to having entered the bank, passing a demand note, claimed to have a gun and brandished what the teller reported was a firearm in his waistband to enforce compliance.

Surveillance footage from local businesses showed the defendant, identifiable from a distinctive grey patch in his hair, build, wallet (subsequently seized upon his arrest), and the definitive characteristics of the red Dodge Caravan that he had purchased weeks before the robbery and drove on Aug. 18, 2021, enter a store masked and gloved minutes before the robbery and purchase a tri-colored, American flag hat to complete his disguise before heading to the bank, the plea agreement said. Mullins made off with $16,822, the plea agreement said.

The 170 months sentence is to be served consecutively to his revocation sentences for an additional 36 months. Restitution is also ordered in the amount of $16,822 to Community Trust Bank and upon release from prison, Mullins will be on supervised release for a term of two years.