Man Sentenced for 2-Day Bank Robbery Spree

0:00A 38-year-old Anchorage man just got hit with seven years in federal prison for knocking over two banks in under 24 hours back in. September. Ezekiel Thomas having cut loose on bail just two days earlier, on September 16th, from some pending state cases, including another bank robbery, charged out of Bethel. On September 18th, he walked into an Anchorage bank, passed a teller a threatening note, snagged $590 and bolted. The very next day, Palmer cops nabbed him right after another bank hit, and he matched the description perfectly. Turns out Thomas was already on state probation for a previous bank robbery conviction, showing zero respect for the rules or folk safety as the FBI put it. The FBI's Anchorage office ran point on the probe, teaming up with Palmer and Anchorage police to lock this down quick. Another reminder that crime. Police don't last long when everyone's on the case. That's the story for today. Anchorage News Today, driven by AI, I'm Corey with the story.