A person from Phoenix was sentenced to greater than 12 years in jail by a U.S. District Court docket decide on Friday after robbing six banks and stealing greater than $28,000 in 2021.
Jeffrey Patterson, 46, was sentenced to 155 months in jail, adopted by three years of supervised launch by U.S. District Court docket Choose Steven P. Logan.
In accordance with a information launch from the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace in Arizona, in early 2021, Patterson robbed six banks in Arizona. He was arrested in March 2021 by an FBI activity pressure.
In every theft, he approached a teller and produced a notice demanding cash. Throughout his final theft, Patterson’s notice additionally included a menace to shoot up the financial institution, the information launch said.
After the financial institution teller handed him cash, Patterson pointed the handgun on the teller and demanded extra. He stole greater than $28,000, the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace in Arizona stated.
Patterson robbed a complete of three Chase banks, two Wells Fargo areas and one Nationwide Financial institution of Arizona location. The banks have been situated in Phoenix, Chandler, Tucson, Tempe and Scottsdale.
In accordance with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace in Arizona, Patterson pleaded responsible to at least one rely of financial institution theft, one rely of armed theft and one rely of brandishing a firearm throughout a criminal offense of violence.
Attain breaking information reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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