A Rogers man was sentenced to 65 years after admitting to robbing four Rogers banks.
Anthony Timothy Barnes, 34, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to four counts of aggravated robbery, a Class Y felony; and two counts of theft of property, a Class B felony.
He faced from 10 to 40 years or life imprisonment for each count of aggravated robbery and from five to 20 years for each theft charge.
The case was resolved through a plea agreement that attorney Drew Ledbetter reached with Chief Deputy Prosecutor Stuart Cearley.
Cearley gave a summary of Barnes’ crimes to Circuit Judge Robin Green, who presided over Judge Jon Comstock’s docket Wednesday.
Barnes held two bank employees at gunpoint and took more than $25,000 from the Metropolitan National Bank branch on South Pleasant Crossing Parkway in Rogers on Nov. 1, 2011, according to court documents.
Police later recovered the $25,000, Cearley said.
Cearley told the court Barnes was free on bond in connection with three other bank robberies at the time of the November 2011 crime.
Barnes had been released on $20,000 bond and had been ordered to wear a global positioning system ankle monitor, according to court documents.
Barnes initially was arrested July 3, 2009, in connection with two bank robberies that day.
According to court documents, Barnes left the Bank of the Ozarks at 800 N. 47th St. in Rogers with a bag containing more than $2,500.
A teller slipped a tracking device into the money bag. Police were able to find Barnes through the tracking device, according to court documents.
Less than an hour earlier, Barnes left First Federal Bank at 1303 W. Hudson Road in Rogers without any money.
He brandished a pistol that turned out to be a BB gun, according to court documents.
Barnes later was arrested in connection with a May 2009 robbery at First Western Bank in Rogers.
Circuit Judge Robin Green accepted the plea agreement and Barnes' guilty plea.
Barnes was sentenced to 65 years in prison for the aggravated robberies. He must serve 70 percent of the sentence before he will be eligible for parole.
Barnes is also charged with robbing six banks in Washington County.