TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A man accused of robbing two Tucson-area banks by using a fake bomb and a handgun has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona said Wednesday that a judge handed down the sentence to 55-year-old James Dewayne Munkus.
The St. David man previously pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery.
Authorities say Munkus used a phony bomb to rob a branch of Pima Federal Credit Union in January 2017 and took more than $3,000. He then robbed a US Bank of more than $64,000 five days later.
The FBI and Tucson police located Munkus in Gadsden, Alabama, more than two months later.
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