ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Earlier this year, one Anchorage Wells Fargo was robbed not once, not twice, but three times, all by the same people.
Now, according to attorneys, one man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in the robberies.
Christopher Hatting, 38, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason, to serve four years in prison for each bank robbery, to be served concurrently, followed by five years of supervised release, the DA announced in a statement.
KTUU reported back in April that the bank's location was cited by federal investigators as making it a prime target.
The bank, located on Debarr Road, backed up to a wooded area. On the other side of the trail, a getaway car would park in the cul-de-sac waiting to pick up the robber and escape.
Bethany McKeel, 31, and Derrick Moore, 29, assisted Hatting in the robberies. They since plead guilty, and have been sentenced to four years, and 56 months, respectively.
According to prosecutors, on April 3, all three went to the bank. Hatting, wearing a camouflaged jacket, entered the bank wielding a realistic air-pistol, and made off with upwards of $15,000.
Prosecutors said that after Hatting was arrested for the April 3 bank robbery, authorities discovered he was also responsible for two other robberies of the same Wells Fargo branch location – one on April 16, and
