Bank robbery nets $620; confession gets 6 years
Anthony Valenzuela's booking mug (above left) and a bank surveillance camera image of the suspect in a Dec. 12 robbery in Eugene. By KVAL.com staffEUGENE, Ore. -- A bank robber who waited in line to rob $620 from a West 11th Avenue bank last December will spend almost 5 years in federal prison.
On Dec. 12, 2008, Valenzuela robbed the Key Bank on West 11th Avenue in Eugene, Ore., by waiting in line to hand the teller a note that stated “This is a robbery!! Don’t include the dye pack or bait money.” The teller placed $620 in an envelope and handed it to defendant, who left the bank. On Dec. 17, 2008, Valenzueala called Boise County dispatch from a Boise, Idaho, hotel and reported that he wanted to confess to a bank robbery in Oregon because he had told someone what he had done and they were going to turn him in.
The officers arrested Valenzuela, who subsequently gave permission for Boise FBI agents to search his motel room. The search revealed hotel and bus receipts placing Valenzuela in Eugene during the time of the bank robbery. And from a photo line-up, the victim teller identified defendant as being the bank robber. Prosecutors said the defendant has prior convictions for weapons offenses and assault. |
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Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Anthony Phillipe Valenzuela, 49, to 57 months in federal prison for the crime of bank robbery Friday.
Two Boise police officers contacted Valnezuela at his motel room. During an interview
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