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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 15 > Bank robber sentenced as career criminal

Bank robber sentenced as career criminal


May 15, 2009

EUGENE — Weapons charges have sent a four-time convicted bank robber from Coos Bay to prison for nearly 16 years as an armed career criminal.

Federal prosecutors said 34-year-old Joshua Stokes pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a 9mm pistol and an AR-15 rifle.

Stokes has....

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