A 58-year-old Lanham man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for robbing a PNC bank in Laurel at gunpoint in April 2009.
In August, a jury in federal court in Baltimore found Thurston Sanders guilty of robbing the bank, located at 3386 Laurel Fort Meade Road.
Witnesses testified that Sanders entered the bank manager’s office, brandished an Uzi-style gun and demanded money. He also demanded money from three bank tellers at gunpoint, and got a total of $12,873.13 from the bank.
A search of a room at a nearby hotel that Sanders had rented turned up the stolen money, the disguise he wore during the robbery and two guns.
