Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Robbery

A jury in federal court convicted a Tulsa man of multiple armed robberies and has now sentenced him to 33 years in prison. 

Tuesday, July 2nd 2019, 11:19 pm

By: Robert McCarty


A jury in federal court convicted a Tulsa man of multiple armed robberies and has now sentenced him to 33 years in prison. 

Melvin Bailey robbed the same Tulsa Walgreens four times over the course of three years, each time pointing a gun at store employees.

During one of those crimes, he took a juvenile along for the crime.

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