File photo by Scott McCloskey Wheeling police investigate the robbery of the Wheeling Island WesBanco branch on Jan. 19.

As a resident of Wheeling Island for the past 70 years, William Seabright does not want to see the neighborhood lose the WesBanco branch at 141 Zane St. The bank has been robbed six times in the past 13 years, with the latest crime taking place Jan. 19. No arrests have been made in that robbery, but FBI Senior Resident Agent Joseph Sobocinski said Wednesday the case “is pending.” He would offer no additional information regarding the matter. Wheeling Police Chief Robert Matheny said his department “has a person of interest” in the robbery, but he referred all other questions to Sobocinski. During a Wednesday meeting for WesBanco customers and employees at the House of The Carpenter, WesBanco officials said they have made no final decisions regarding the bank’s future operations. They also did not know when those final decisions would be forthcoming. “WesBanco is the only bank on the Island. ... It is our intention to have a presence on the Island,” said Alan Bicker, WesBanco’s market president for the Upper Ohio Valley and Western Pennsylvania. Seabright, a WesBanco customer, said the bank is important to Island residents. “I hope and pray you can keep it going. ... We don’t want the bad guys to end up closing it,” he said. Bicker said WesBanco has placed a guard inside the facility to discourage robberies since the Jan. 19 crime. During the meeting, Matheny said this is “a positive step.