Man pleads guilty to CdA bank robbery

A man who robbed two Spokane banks will serve his 10-year prison sentence the same as a pending sentence for a Coe ur d’Alene bank robbery.

Michael Richard Kent, 39, pleaded guilty to bank robbery Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene for a Jan. 12, 2010, robbery at Washington Trust Bank , 218 Lakeside Ave.

Kent left with $3,175 after handing a teller a note that referenced a gun, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Kent already is due to serve 129 months in a Washington prison for robberies Dec. 16, 2009, at Chase Bank, 822 W. Francis Ave., and Dec. 24, 2009, at Numerica Credit Union, 1916 W. Francis.

He faces up to 20 years in federal prison when he’s sentenced Sept. 27, but a plea agreement calls for him to serve the sentence concurrently with the Washington state sentence.

Video and surveillance photos released after the robbery led several of Kent’s acquaintances to tip the FBI to his identity.