Dondi Pettway

November 18, 2025

Bay Minette Bank Robber Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

By: Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

November 18, 2025

MOBILE, Ala. He was found guilty of robbing a bank in Bay Minette and now, a federal judge has sentenced him to nearly eight years in federal prison.

Dondi Pettway handed a bank teller a note and threatened her by saying that he had a gun at the United Bank branch across from the Baldwin County Courthouse.

Pettway pleaded guilty to the bank robbery in August.

Spanish Fort police arrested Pettway a short time later. He had a little more than $2,000.

After prison, Pettway will be on supervised release for three years.

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June 5, 2025

Spanish Fort Police Apprehend Bank Robber Wanted in Bay Minette

By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

May 5, 2025

BAY MINETTE, Ala. Police received calls at around 10:50 a.m. reporting that a bank robbery had just occurred at the United Bank in Bay Minette.

When the police arrived, they found that the suspect had fled.

Police were told that a man entered the bank and handed the teller a note indicating he was armed and demanded money before leaving.

It is not known if that man, now identified as Dondi Pettway, 47 had a gun but he did imply it.

Police issued a be-on-the-lookout to all local law enforcement with a vehicle description and the Spanish Fort Police spotted the vehicle and pulled the suspect over at 11:30 am near Highway 225 and Highway 90.

Pettway was taken into custody without incident and is charged with first-degree robbery.

Dondi Pettway

Bay Minette Bank Robber Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

Spanish Fort Police Apprehend Bank Robber Wanted in Bay Minette

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