HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) – A federal jury has convicted a Gary man of armed robbery and a weapons charge in the slaying of a bank security guard last year. Prosecutors said Thursday that the jury found 26-year-old Hailey Gist-Holden guilty of armed robbery and using, carrying, brandishing and discharging a firearm during the June 11, 2021, robbery at First Midwest Bank in Gary. Gist-Holden was arrested a week later in Georgia. Fifty-five-year-old security guard Richard Castellana of Tinley Park, Illinois, died during the robbery. The jury returned the verdict following a nine-day trial. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 19, 2023. Gist-Holden’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 19, 2023.
