Iconic Facce pleads guilty for robbing bank after plastic surgery
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GULFPORT, MS (WALA) — District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced that Iconic Facce pled guilty yesterday to two indicted counts of robbery.
The indictment arose out of the March 22, 2019, robbery of BancorpSouth located on Cowan Road in Gulfport. The case was set for trial on June 28, 2021, but Facce, through her attorney, requested to enter her guilty plea prior to trial.
After the guilty plea, Circuit Judge Randi Peresich Mueller sentenced Facce to the maximum sentence of 15 years in each count to run concurrently.
On March 22, 2019, the Gulfport Police responded to the BancorpSouth located on Cowan Road to an alarm call. Bank employees told police that the suspect entered the bank lobby, and after several minutes, approached a teller window.
Facce handed the teller a handwritten note which read “you have 1 min to give the money do not be wrong or die.” No weapon was seen or shown.
Facce was described as having swollen facial features consistent with recent cosmetic surgery.
The robbery was captured on the bank’s video surveillance system and still images of Facce were released to the media with a request for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect.
Ashford Police assisted in identifying Facce as the suspect depicted in the bank surveillance video. Based on the information gathered, photo lineups were prepared and presented to each bank teller.
Tellers immediately identified Facce as the person who robbed them.
On March 30, 2019, Facce was arrested at the Houston International Airport, as she attempted to reenter the county.
She arrived on a flight from Mexico with her face covered in bandages following plastic surgery.
Facce, who was previously known as Jimmy Maurice Lewis, II, was found guilty of another robbery on January 20, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Facce was sentenced to 51 months to serve in that case.
Following the release from federal prison, Lewis had a name change to Iconic Facce.
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