Serial Bank Robber Sentenced for Holdups in Cuyahoga Falls
Benjamin G. Gates, 33, of Canton, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison after appearing for a hearing in the federal courthouse Monday
A Canton man who robbed eight banks across Northeast Ohio — from North Canton to Cuyahoga Falls and Youngstown — was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison Monday. Benjamin G. Gates, 33, had been indicted in September and then in November pleaded guilty to eight counts of bank robbery in U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio. “This sentence should send a clear message to those who would think about robbing a bank,” U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach said in the community newspaper, The Falls News-Press. “Our law enforcement partners are to be commended for bringing an end to this wave of bank robberies.” Police had connected Gates to the following Ohio bank robberies: Vindy.com also reported Gates robbed two banks in …
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Earl Elevant
5:47 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
The courts won't do anything but put a revolving door on the front of the jail. Nobody gets jail time anymore. They're given nothing that will keep them off the streets or do anything to stop them when they get out and are thinking about committing more crime. more ›