Feds indict Galion men in connection with Ontario bank robbery

Two Galion men arrested in December for the bank robbery of the Ontario branch of KeyBank a month earlier have been indicted by a federal grand jury.

By January 8, 2016 7:28 am

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Two Galion men arrested in December for the bank robbery of the Ontario branch of KeyBank a month earlier have been indicted by a federal grand jury.

The FBI with assistance from the Galion Police Department made a traffic stop and arrested 18-year-old Taylor Crisman and 23-year-old Chris Hill in Galion on Dec. 2. Crisman is alleged to have forced the bank manager to take nearly $200,000 from the bank in November while by holding the man’s family hostage. Hill was indicted for allegedly driving the car Crisman left in, as well as intimidation of a witness.

Both men are scheduled to be arraigned in Cleveland on Jan. 12.

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