Grand jury indicts duo involved in attempted Springboro bank robbery

CINCINNATI, Ohio (WDTN) - The two men accused of attempting to rob a Springboro bank that ended in a five hour standoff with police were indicted May 2 by a federal grand jury.

Anton Jevon Alexander, 35, of Indianapolis and Anthony Marquette Phillips, 43, of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, were charged with attempted armed bank robbery in connection with the April 27 robbery of a Fifth Third Bank.

According to police the two men approached the bank manager as he was entering the building's rear door at 8:30 in the morning and pushed him inside, with one one of the suspects pointing a gun at the manager.

Springboro police officers received a 911 call and arrived at the bank around 8:40. The would-be robbers tried to flee when they heard police arriving. The manager escaped safely, but the men remained in the bank and until about 1:30 p.m. before surrendering to police.

Alexander and Phillips are scheduled to appear at an arraignment and detention hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman at 1:30 p.m. on May 3 in Cincinnati.

Attempted armed bank robbery is punishable by up to 25 years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and three years of supervised release.