Money taken during a Jasper bank robbery is seen here. 

A federal grand jury has indicted a Cullman man for robbing the same Walker County bank twice within seven months, getting away with nearly $100,000.

A three-count indictment filed Thursday in U.S. District Court charges Walter Larry Lumpkin, 71, with two counts of bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a bank robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton announced.

According to the indictment, Lumpkin robbed the Curry Branch of First Bank of Jasper on June 17, 2016, taking $32,600. The indictment charges he robbed the same bank on Jan. 20 this year, taking $61,135. He is charged with brandishing a Heritage Arms .22-caliber revolver during the January robbery.

The FBI investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney William G. Simpson is prosecuting. An indictment contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Walker County sheriff’s investigators obtained search warrants for Lumpkin’s home at 1525 County Road 1141 in Cullman, al.com reported in February. Deputies and investigators from the Walker County and Cullman County sheriff’s offices, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the FBI carried out the search warrant, recovering evidence along with a large amount of money.

Authorities said Lumpkin had worked for 34 years in law enforcement. As an enforcement officer with the Alabama Public Service Commission, he was charged and indicted on nine counts of violation of Alabama’s laws. According to court records, Lumpkin had a private consulting business and carried out much of that business while on duty for the state.

In 1996, Lumpkin pleaded guilty to five of the nine misdemeanors.

The maximum penalty for bank robbery is 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The penalty for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence is a minimum of seven years and a maximum of life in prison, and a $250,000 fine.