'I-55 Bandit' bank robber gets five years in prison

Sunday, April 6, 2014

ST. LOUIS -- A serial bank robber the FBI dubbed the "I-55 Bandit" for some of the 10 holdups he pulled off in five states as a teenager was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison.

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