2 More Indicted In Gary Bank Robbery That Killed Tinley Park Guard

Tinley Park IL

18 May, 2022

3:06 AM

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TINLEY PARK, IL — Two more people have been indicted in the bank robbery that ended in the killing of a Tinley Park security guard last year, court documents show. According to officials, 34-year-old Kenyon Hawkins and 27-year-old Briana White were also charged with robbery in connection with the June 11 incident at First Midwest Bank in Indiana. A 55-year-old Tinley Park man, Richard Castellana, was working at the bank branch as a security guard when James King, a Florida man previously arrested in connection to the robbery, told police he and three others robbed the bank. RELATED: Tinley Chief: Richard Castellana Made The World A Better Place Hailey Gist-Holden was also indicted in the incident. King and Gist-Holden played football on the Illini Panthers together. King said Gist-Holden was the one responsible for killing Castellana while he went inside the bank to steal almost $10,000 from the teller stand. MORE: Bank Robbers Who Killed Guard Needed Money For Football Team: FBI Hawkins and White co-conspired in the robbery and drove King and Gist-Holden to the bank, King stated in a plea agreement last year. Gist-Holden previously pleaded not guilty and is acting as his own attorney in the case.