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Beaver Falls man gets 5 years in prison for New Brighton bank robbery

Patrick Varine
By Patrick Varine
1 Min Read July 18, 2019 | 6 years Ago
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A Beaver County man was sentenced by a federal judge in Pittsburgh to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing a New Brighton bank 11 months ago.

Ernest Dewayne Taylor, 50, of Beaver Falls, was sentenced the Aug. 17, 2018 robbery of Huntington Bank in New Brighton.

Taylor passed a note to a bank teller indicating he was armed and demanded cash. He left the bank with $600, according to information presented in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh.

Taylor’s 65-month sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release.

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Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.

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