Football Coach Commits Heinous Crime to Cover Team Costs

Semi pro football is definitely not fully professional. The Owner/coach, player of a semi pro football team tried to rob money for his team. A man shot and killed a bank security guard in Indiana, walked away with $10,000 in order to pay off the bills of an amateur football team he owned and coached, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Hailey Gist-Holden, owner/coach of the Illini Panthers allegedly ambushed First Midwest Bank guard Richard Castellana as he was walking on the sidewalk.

He allegedly shot him in the face in the June 11 incident in Gary, Indiana.

Two robbers killed Gary bank guard and made off with nearly $10,000 to cover costs of amateur football team: Feds https://t.co/jh2SmaSLoa

— Sun-Times Breaking (@CSTbreaking) June 30, 2021

When the owner of the Illini Panthers was tracked down in Georgia, he offered to “work off” the charges by becoming an FBI informant, a 17-page affidavit states.

The second man involved also was apprehended.

A 2nd man has been charged in a Gary bank robbery that resulted in the death of the bank's security guard. Hailey Gist-Holden was arrested in GA a week after the robbery.

Thank you to all our law enforcement partners for working non-stop on this case. https://t.co/RPL5HTtqRD

— FBI Indianapolis (@FBIIndianapolis) June 30, 2021

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He had no affiliation with the team.

What a crazy story, talk about the love of football…

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