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March 7, 2008

Pawtucket man sentenced to 13 years for bank robbery

PROVIDENCE -- A Pawtucket man who has been arrested more than two dozen times was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison for robbing a Pawtucket bank in December 2006.

Stephen Davidow, 46, of Cottage Street was sentenced as a "career offender" by U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith, U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente's office said in a statement.

Davidow pleaded guilty last May to bank robbery. Prosecutor Zechariah Chafee said at the plea hearing the government could show that on Dec. 28, 2006, Davidow claimed he had a gun in a note that he gave to a teller at Webster Bank on Newport Avenue. The teller gave him $2,400.

The state police arrested Davidow on Jan. 4 after obtaining information they said tied him to the robbery and after a teller identified him from a photo.

Davidow has been convicted in the past of robbery, felonious entry, larceny, and passing fraudulent checks, the U.S. Attorney's office said, and is considered a career offender because of two or more violent felony convictions.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:00 PM | Permalink

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