A Montana man dubbed the AK-47 bandit and accused of holding up banks in several states over a 5-year period has been sentenced in a Nebraska federal court to 35 years in prison.
LINCOLN, Neb.— A Montana man dubbed the AK-47 bandit and accused of holding up banks in several states over a five-year period has been sentenced in a Nebraska federal court to 35 years in prison.
Richard Gathercole of Roundup, Montana in an undated booking photo. Gathercole was arrested last week in Lexington, Neb., suspected to be a bank robber dubbed "the AK-47 bandit" by the FBI.Gathercole also pleaded guilty to the June 2017 carjacking of a farmer in Kansas that led to his arrest the same day in Lexington, Nebraska.
During the robbery, investigators say Gathercole shot a Chino police officer. The bullet struck the officer's femoral artery and shattered his femur, ending his law enforcement career.
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