Billings man, 88, sentenced to prison for 2 bank robberies [Video]

BILLINGS – A Billings man convicted for his role in two bank robberies within days of each other was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

Steven Whitecloud, 88, pleaded guilty in February to bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said in a press release.

U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters sentenced Whitecloud and also ordered him to pay $3,092 restitution. Whitecloud was ordered to report to the U.S. Marshals Service pending designation to a Bureau of Prisons medical facility.

Federal prosecutors said in court documents that on Aug. 24, 2023, co-defendant Patrick Justice entered U.S. Bank on Grand Avenue, presented the teller a note that demanded money, received money and fled in a Ford Taurus.

Four days later Justice entered Wells Fargo Bank on Main Street and again presented a demand note to the teller and told the teller he was “strapped,” …