By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 2, 2018

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A Tucson man accused of robbing more than $74,000 from 11 banks in Arizona, New Mexico and other Western states with a fake handgun has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

Prosecutors say 51-year-old Anthony James Lane was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Tucson.

He previously had pleaded guilty to 11 counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery.

Lane was dubbed the “Barrel Chested Bandit” from descriptions provided by witnesses, who said the robber wore a baseball cap and sunglasses in most of the robberies and appeared to be about 250 pounds.

He was arrested in Tucson by FBI agents and Tucson police in February 2017 after a six-month crime spree in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Colorado.

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