Alleged Bentleyville bank robber ordered held for court
Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter
Glenn Flory is escorted by a constable into District Judge Curtis Thompson’s court in Bentleyville Wednesday for his preliminary hearing.
Glenn Flory is escorted to his preliminary hearing on Wednesday.
The Marianna man who reportedly wrote his name on a note he handed to a teller demanding money while robbing a Bentleyville bank last month was ordered held for court Wednesday.
Glenn Allan Flory Jr., 30, was ordered to stand trial by District Judge Curtis Thompson on two counts of robbery, five counts of reckless endangerment and one count each of terroristic threats, harassment and theft for allegedly robbing the CFS bank branch, 919 Main St., March 15.
According to police, Flory entered the bank about 3:40 p.m. and approached a teller, asking her for a deposit slip. Bentleyville police Chief Richard Young stated in court documents Flory wrote a note that read “Just give me the money and nothing else will happen.” Flory reportedly signed his own name to the note and he fled from the bank after getting about $1,300.
Police said they were able to identify Flory through his signature as well as video surveillance. He was traced to the Racetrack Road area of North Strabane Township and taken into custody about four hours after the robbery in a parking garage at The Meadows Casino.
Russ Korner Jr., the assistant public defender representing Flory, asked Thompson to reduce his client’s bond from $75,000 to $25,000 so he could become a trusty at Washington County jail, where he has been incarcerated since his March 15 arrest.
Flory told Thompson he would rather be working in the laundry or kitchen instead of just sitting in a cell. He also admitted that he had been going to the CARE Center for drug treatment, but stopped in January.
“That started my downfall,” Flory said.
Thompson denied a reduction in bond, telling Flory after reviewing his record it appears he is on a constant downslope. He told Flory to ask a Common Pleas Court judge to reduce the bond.
This was not Flory’s first appearance this week before a Washington County district judge. He was ordered held for court Tuesday by District Judge Jay Weller on charges of burglary, criminal trespass and theft. Weller also set his bond at $7,500.
He was charged by South Strabane Township police after he allegedly burglarized his former employer, Penn Station East Coast Subs, 32 Old Mill Boulevard, Feb. 5. Flory allegedly used his key to enter the restaurant after it closed for business and then used a code to enter the safe and steal money.
Flory is scheduled to be formally arraigned May 24 on both sets of charges.