Greg Lennert, the Coolville man charged with the March 27 robbery of Lawrence Federal Savings Bank in Proctorville, will serve eight years in prison.

Thursday, May 31, 2001

Greg Lennert, the Coolville man charged with the March 27 robbery of Lawrence Federal Savings Bank in Proctorville, will serve eight years in prison.

Lennert, 31, of 23226 Jordan Run Road, Coolville, pleaded guilty in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday to aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, said Lawrence County Prosecutor J.B. Collier Jr.

He was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay court costs, Collier said.

In March, Lawrence County Sheriff Tim Sexton said Lennert showed bank employees a fake grenade during the robbery. Lennert was apprehended after a chase through Huntington, W.Va., that resulted in an accident. The U.S. District Attorney’s office chose not to file federal charges in the case.

Also in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office reported:

– Karen Lewis Holroyd, 32, of 312 N. Second St., Ironton, was sentenced to six months in jail on a charge of felonious assault, which was amended to a first-degree misdemeanor.

– Jimmy McCallister II, 29, of 1125 S. Seventh St., Ironton, was sentenced to five years in prison on a charge of robbery that stemmed from an October 1999 case.

– Michael Jarrell Jr., 23, of 401 Front St., Proctorville, was sentenced to six months in jail, two years probation, and restitution of $3,298.32 on a charge of receiving stolen property, which was amended to a first-degree misdemeanor.

– Christopher Frazier, 20, of 2217 N. Sixth St., Ironton, admitted to a parole violation and was sentenced to six months residential treatment at the Marsh House.