In 2018, an Arizona man spent most of his life in prison. After robbing two bank tellers with a gun in 2018, he will return to prison.
On Tuesday, 84-year-old Robert Francis Krebs from Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to 262 months in prison in a federal prison and then released under supervision for 5 years. Krebs was also ordered to pay US$8,385 in damages. Krebs was convicted by a jury of armed robbery of a bank in 2017.
On January 12, 2018, Krebs joined the Pyramid Federal Credit Union in Tucson, Arizona, and demanded payment from the bank teller. Krebs eventually stole $8,300, but he was arrested at a local motel after the branch manager and another teller triggered a silent alarm in the bank vault.
According to local media reports, when local authorities spotted Krebs in the motel parking lot, he was wearing a wig, cotton on his cheeks, and varnished fingertips without leaving fingerprints. Star advertisers.
According to court records, after the local authorities interrogated Krebs, they discovered that he had stolen something from the local bank because his $800 Social Security check was “not enough to live”. Krebs also stated that he did not wear a mask or disguise during the robbery because he “a little bit wanted to be caught” because of his familiar nature to spend most of his time in prison as an adult.
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William J. Rehder, retired FBI The bank robbery expert who was not involved in the Krebs case told Star advertiser In 2019, some people who were imprisoned before they were released have difficulty adapting to life outside the prison.
“They really can’t succeed outside,” Reid said. “He is right-Social Security may not be enough to keep him going, and he has no income prospects.”
After being released from prison in the summer of 2017, Krebs was on probation during the robbery in Arizona.
Krebs’ criminal career began in 1966, when he was sentenced to three years in prison in Chicago for embezzling $72,000 from his working bank. He served another 17 years in Arizona for theft and armed robbery, and was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a bank robbery in Florida in 1981.
Reid also talked about Krebs’ age and mentioned that he stole things from the bank.
“Krebs is rare in the world of bank robberies, and it is unusual for seniors to stop lending institutions. Normally, bank robbers are in their 20s,” Reid said Star advertisers.
