Bank robber foiled by mother gets 10 years
A Spokane bank robber turned in by his mother will spend more than a decade in prison.
Douglas E. Labish, 35, was sentenced to 129 months in prison Thursday by Spokane County Superior Court Judge Kathleen O'Conner after pleading 
guilty to first-degree robbery.
Labish also is to repay $1,650, the amount of cash he stole from Banner Bank (pictured), inside the Safeway grocery store at 933 E. Mission, on Feb. 22.
Labish was arrested outside Banner Bank in the Safeway at 3919 N. Market on Feb. 25 after employees reported someone matching the robber’s description pacing in front of the store.
His mother already had called police after she recognized Labish from surveillance photos of the Feb. 22 robbery.
Labish, who police say lived at the House of Faith homeless shelter, spent time in federal prison for robbing three banks in 2002 - including an old bank located at the same location where Banner on Mission now is.