Man Sentenced to 51 Months for Three Bank Robberies
| U.S. Attorney’s Office August 12, 2010 |
Russell Lee Brumbaugh, 46, was sentenced on Monday to 51 months in federal prison for robbing three banks in Southwest Idaho, the United States Attorney’s Office announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Brumbaugh to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, and to pay a $2,500 fine and $2,742 in restitution. Brumbaugh pled guilty to the charges in May 2010.
Brumbaugh robbed the Mountain West Bank on St. Luke’s Drive in Meridian on September 14, 2009, the Idaho Advantage Credit Union on Emerald Street in Boise on November 2, 2009, and the Payette River Community Credit Union in Horseshoe Bend on February 3, 2010.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boise Police Department, Meridian Police Department, Boise County Sheriff’s Office, and Gem County Sheriff’s Office.