ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A 23-year-old Anchorage man has been convicted of robbing a city credit union.
Eyob Imlach was convicted Wednesday after a non-jury trial before U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason. He will be sentenced Feb. 4 and he faces up to 20 years in prison.
Federal prosecutors say Imlach on Sept. 6 entered a branch of Alaska USA on west 36th Avenue. He wore a parka with the hood pulled over his head and carried a backpack.
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Prosecutors say he used a personal check with his name and address on it to write a note demanding money.
He handed the note to a teller and walked out with $1,778.
A credit union employee watched Imlach walk across the street and enter a hotel. Police arrested him within minutes of the robbery.
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