PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A robber who hit five banks in a three-week crime spree in the fall of 2009 was sentenced Monday in Portland to nearly 11 years in prison.
The Oregonian reports federal Judge Anna J. Brown called the 32-year-old, Aphixay Vilalay, a menace to society.
Court records say he and his brother hit banks to support heroin habits. The 21-year-old brother, Tony DeClue, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.
Drugs played a role in another bank robbery spree. A 32-year-old man, Travis Oles, pleaded guilty Monday to helping plan 11 bank holdups in Oregon and Washington called the River Rat robberies. He said he and his partner were on cocaine.
