Man gets long term in holdup of bank.Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard A man who robbed a Springfield bank at gunpoint six years ago was sentenced Tuesday to more than 22 years in a federal prison. U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan Michael Hogan is the name of:
For the British politician, see James Ashley (politician). James Ashley was a 39-year-old man who was killed during a police raid on his flat in St Leonards, East Sussex, United Kingdom, on to spend 273 months at the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan., for the 1997 robbery. Ashley also faces sentencing for seven robberies in Josephine and Jackson counties in 2002. Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Papagni said those sentences will run concurrently with Ashley's federal prison sentence. Ashley's history of violent crime prompted Hogan to dole out Verb 1. dole out - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" the lengthy prison term, Papagni said. Ashley was arrested in April 2002 after a spree of holdups in Southern Oregon This article is about the southern region of the U.S. state of Oregon. For the University, see Southern Oregon University. Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. in which four coffee shops, a video store and a grocery store were struck by a man wielding a knife or what looked like a gun. Ashley was caught in a stolen taxi that had been taken from the driver at knifepoint knife·point n. The sharp end of a knife. Idiom: at knifepoint Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint. , Papagni said. In the course of investigating those robberies, Ashley admitted taking part in the 1997 holdup at a Key Bank branch in Springfield. That allowed prosecutors to obtain an indictment just two weeks before the statute of limitations A type of federal or state law that restricts the time within which legal proceedings may be brought. Statutes of limitations, which date back to early Roman Law, are a fundamental part of European and U.S. law. on the crime lapsed. In addition to the more recent crimes, Ashley was convicted in 1993 of taking part in seven other robberies while armed with a handgun. He was released from state prison in 1995 and was discharged from parole just one day before robbing the Key Bank in Springfield, Papagni said. |
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