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Iowa man gets 10 years prison for bank robbery

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September 9th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa man with an extensive criminal history has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for robbing a Sioux City bank.  Prosecutors say 53-year-old Stephan Hall, of Sioux City, was sentenced to 125 months in prison for robbing the First National Bank on Feb. 13th.  Authorities say he entered the bank and changed $2 into coins. He then re-entered the bank and handed the same teller a note and fled with money.  Prosecutors say Hall was arrested after authorities quickly identified the robber and discovered his planned escape route, which included a flight out of Omaha, Neb.  Hall spent some of his childhood at a state facility for juvenile delinquents. Later he was convicted of robbery, assault, burglary, escape, domestic abuse and gun possession.