GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – A 44-year-old Grand Rapids man was sentenced to more than 12½ years in federal prison for robbing the Fifth Third Bank branch off of East 9th Street in Holland last May of over 19 hundred dollars, along with taking about a grand from a Chase Bank branch inside of the Alpine Avenue Meijer Store four days later. John Barrera pled guilty in deal with prosecutors, but still could have received as much as two decades behind bars due to having two previous bank robbery convictions.
Admitted Robber of Holland Bank Branch Sentenced
By Gary Stevens
Jun 4, 2015 | 5:43 PM
It's Day Two of the 2024 Tulip Time Festival
17h ago
Sour Saturday as Tigers, White Sox, Whitecaps & Rise Fall, but Cubs Win
17h ago
Ex-US Capitol cop, Jan. 6 rioter's runs for Congress illustrate a divided America
10h ago
Putin attends Easter service led by head of Russia's Orthodox Church
16h ago
Hamas killing spree haunts Holocaust survivors in 'March of the Living'
11h ago
Berkshire's Brooks Running CEO sees China, Europe as growth areas
10h ago
Current Weather
Holland, MI, USA
57 °F Sunny