https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2010/11/bank-robber-who-tried-to-escape-by-bicycle-ge.htm truesee's Blog: Bank robber who tried to escape by bicycle gets prison en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2010/11/bank-robber-who-tried-to-escape-by-bicycle-ge.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2010/11/bank-robber-who-tried-to-escape-by-bicycle-ge.htm Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:49:42 GMT truesee Bank robber who tried to escape by bicycle gets prison

The Associated Press

(11/05/10 16:37:58)

An Anchorage man has been sentenced to prison for robbing a Wells Fargo branch bank and then fleeing the scene on a bicycle.

He was caught shortly after crashing his getaway bike into a police car.

Christopher Todd Mayer was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison on Friday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle French says the 47-year-old man robbed an Anchorage branch of the bank on May 27 and took $1,731.

Mayer was arrested a short distance from the bank after speeding away on a bike.

Police say Mayer crashed his bike into a patrol car, slid across the hood and took off running but was detained half a block away five minutes after the robbery.

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