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☷Artesia Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Bank Robbery
Federal Bureau of Investigation ( By Press Release office)
May 05,2022
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Artesia man sentenced to four years in prison for bank robbery ALBUQUERQUE , N . M . – Roman Andrew Poulsen , 40 , of Artesia , New Mexico , was sentenced in federal court today to four years and three months in prison for bank robbery . Poulsen pleaded guilty on Jan . 7 . According to the plea agreement and other court records , on July l5 , 2021 , Poulsen robbed the Washington Federal Bank in Artesia . Poulsen entered the bank and provided a demand note to one of the tellers . The teller placed the money into a bank envelope and gave it to Poulsen , who immediately fled the bank . Following the robbery , Artesia Police officers located Poulsen ' s vehicle at a Fenn ' s Country Market . Officers found Poulsen and Lori Crapo , 41 , of Sprinville , Utah , at the store and arrested them . Officers observed video surveillance from the store that showed Crapo putting something onto one of the shelves on a store aisle before she was apprehended . Officers then searched that area of the store and located cash from the robbery hidden behind a box of ice cream cones . Crapo pleaded guilty on Jan . 4 to misprision of a felony . On April 26 she was sentenced to 18 months in prison . Upon his release from prison , Poulsen will be subject to three years of supervised release . The Roswell Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office and the Artesia Police Department investigated this case . Assistant U . S . Attorneys Randy M . Castellano and Aaron O . Joran prosecuted this case . # # #
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