Accused Bank Robber Has Criminal Past

LEX 18 has obtained new information about the man charged with robbing Richmond's Madison Central Bank.

Court documents show Leon R. Noland has only been out of jail for a year, after serving a 30 year prison sentence for robbery and kidnapping. Now he's back behind bars, charged with a similar crime

In January 1988, Noland was found guilty of kidnapping and second degree robbery in the case of Delores Stites, who police say was bound, kidnapped, robbed, and stuffed in the trunk of her car. Noland was sentenced to twenty-years for kidnapping, and ten years on the robbery charge... to be served consecutively. Nolan was released from jail in 2008.

Police say yesterday morning, Noland robbed the Madison Bank branch, then used some of the cash to buy a chevy trailblazer. Police took him into custody soon after.

Noland is being held at the Madison County jail charged with first-degree robbery.

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