LAS VEGAS (AP) — 61-year-old Las Vegas felon who robbed two area banks at gunpoint on the same day has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors say Robert Litheredge wore a ski mask and was armed with a semi-automatic handgun when he made off with about $22,000 from banks in Henderson and Las Vegas on April 17, 2018.
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He was arrested the next day in a local casino, where he was in possession of cash and a gun he used to fire shots into the ceiling at one bank.
Litheredge has eight prior felony convictions, including two for bank robberies in 2001 and 2007.