An 88-year-old man used to be sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for his position in two bank robberies inside of days of one another, in accordance to Montana’s U.S. lawyer.
Steven Whitecloud of Billings, Montana, pleaded to blame in February to two bank robberies that happened in August 2023.
U.S. District Judge Susan Watters sentenced Whitecloud to two years in prison to be adopted via 3 years of supervised unlock.
The court docket moreover ordered Whitecloud to pay $3,092 in restitution.
The U.S. lawyer’s place of business alleged in court docket paperwork that on Aug. 24, 2023, Whitecloud’s co-defendant Patrick Justice, 26, entered a U.S. Bank and introduced a teller a observe hard cash. The teller obliged and Justice fled in a inexperienced Ford Taurus.
Four days later, Justice entered a Wells Fargo bank and once more introduced a teller a observe hard cash, telling the teller he used to be “strapped,” which the teller interpreted as Justice pronouncing he used to be armed. The teller gave Justice cash.
As police answered to the scene, they noticed Justice coming into the fairway Ford Taurus. After a pursuit, officials stopped the car and detained Justice in conjunction with Whitecloud, who used to be riding. Authorities mentioned the 2 stole a mixed $15,000 in each robberies.
Whitecloud, who were convicted of bank theft in 2008, informed officials he had urged that he and Justice rob banks to earn a living, as he had completed up to now. Whitecloud mentioned he informed Justice which banks they will have to cling up and acted because the getaway motive force.
Justice used to be additionally sentenced to two years in prison for his conviction within the case. Whitecloud used to be ordered to file to the U.S. Marshals Service pending designation to a Bureau of Prisons clinical facility.
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