PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A 42-year-old Kennebunk man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for a monthlong bank robbery spree in three New England states.

Patrick Richelieu had pleaded guilty to robbing more than $100,000 from six banks in Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut, and another attempted robbery in Newington, N.H., that was thwarted by a bank customer. He was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland.

The robberies occurred between Nov. 9, 2006, and Dec. 6, 2006, while Richelieu was on probation for a prior federal conviction of bank fraud and identity theft. Judge George Singal sentenced him to 130 months for the robberies, plus an additional 30 months for violating probation.

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Information from: Portland Press Herald, https://www.pressherald.com

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