PORTLAND (AP) — A Westbrook man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for a series of robberies last year.
Paul Sans was also sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to three years of probation and was ordered to pay more than $19,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty in October to four counts of bank robbery and one count of interference with commerce by robbery.
Prosecutors say the 30-yearold Sans robbed a Portland convenience store on Jan. 11, 2012, then hit Portland credit unions on Jan. 12 and 19, a Windham credit union on Feb. 7 and a Lewiston bank on Feb. 15.
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