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Columbia Bank Robber in Court

***UPDATE 1:33 P.M.***PITTSBURGH (AP) – A man nicknamed the “Bucket List Bandit” by the FBI after he allegedly told a Utah bank teller that he had just four months to live has pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to that robbery and 10 other heists in nine other states.On Wednesday, Michael Eugene Brewster pleaded guilty to Sept. 10 Huntingdon National Bank Heist in Erie and 10 other robberies which began June 21 in Arvada, Colo. He was arrested in Oklahoma in September after police there saw the FBI warrant for the Erie bank robbery when they pulled him over for running a stop sign.He faces a likely sentence of between 10 and 14 years in federal prison when he returns for sentencing Aug. 12.***ORIGINAL STORY***(AP) – A man nicknamed the “Bucket List Bandit” by the FBI after he allegedly told a Utah bank teller that he had just four months to live will plead guilty before a federal judge in Pennsylvania to that robbery and 10 other heists in nine other states.Federal public defender Thomas Patton tells The Associated Press that Michael Eugene Brewster, formerly of Pensacola, Fla., will plead guilty Wednesday to the Sept. 10 Huntingdon National Bank Heist in Erie, which capped a cross-country string of robberies that began June 21 in Arvada, Colo.Until the new charges were filed Tuesday, Brewster had been formally charged only with the Erie bank robbery, though the FBI identified him as a suspect in the others based on surveillance video.Brewster has been jailed since his arrest in Oklahoma on Sept. 13.Brewster is accused of robbing the Landmark Bank on Stadium Boulevard in Columbia in August.

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