Darin Heath West was found guilty last December on three counts to include aggravated robbery and kidnapping.
A total of $210,900 was taken in the heist early on the morning of Aug. 5 when West confronted a bank teller as she was opening the bank.
Armed with a pistol, the man forced the teller into the bank, took the money and fled in the teller’s vehicle. That vehicle was abandoned a short distance from the bank and he got into a second one parked at the Rowena Gin.
West was arrested the next day in a routine check of a suspicious vehicle in Dickinson in Galveston County.
The vehicle had been rented in West’s name and contained the weapon and most of the money from the bank still in WTBS wrappers. Recovered was $203,160.
The conviction carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.