DENVER ( KDVR ) — A man was sentenced on Oct. 17 for his role in five bank robberies across the Denver area after he pleaded guilty under a federal plea agreement.
Samuel Richard Ruthstrom, 42, was sentenced to 160 months (13.3 years) after he pleaded guilty under a federal plea agreement to five counts of bank robbery. According to the criminal complaint filed in Ruthstrom’s case, he may have been implicated in more robberies.
“Robbing banks is not a career – it’s a series of crimes that will net you serious federal prison time. That is what this defendant learned once the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force tracked him down,” said FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Mark Michalek in a release . “The FBI will continue to work with partners like the Denver Police Department and Metro Denver Crime Stoppers to identify and apprehend violent criminals.”…