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(Getaway photo was taken April 9, 2014 at the Alaska Federal Credit Union in Kent, Washington \u2014 provided by FBI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A federal judge sentenced the co-leader of group dubbed the \u201cBuddy Bandits\u201d who were responsible for eight robberies in 2014 to seven years in prison, officials stated.<\/p>\n

Vincent G. Thompson <\/strong>recruited juveniles who he and a partner trained to commit bank robberies.<\/p>\n

Thompson and his partner, Robert Cal Adams<\/strong>, also robbed Chase Bank on April 14, 2014.<\/p>\n

At sentencing U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour said the sentence was appropriate because Thompson\u00a0involved juveniles in the crimes.\"courtroom_02\"<\/p>\n

On January 26, 2015, Thompson pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery.<\/p>\n

Thompson’s co-defendant, Robert Adams<\/strong> was previously sentenced to 10 years for his involvement in a string of bank robberies where three juveniles were provided with threatening notes and instruction on how to execute the bank robberies.<\/p>\n

In asking for the seven year sentence prosecutors wrote to the court the following comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThompson\u2019s choice to assist in sending juveniles to rob banks presents an extraordinary risk to the community, bank tellers, security guards, law enforcement and \u2013 most significantly \u2013 the juveniles themselves.\u00a0 This was quite literally a tragedy waiting to happen\u2026. for an adult to encourage juveniles to engage in serious criminal actions \u2013 simply because the adult wanted to be \u2018paid\u2019 without working \u2013 is deserving of a significant period of incarceration.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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