Federal charges are also pending against 21-year-old Christian Torres in two bank robberies in New York City. He pleaded guilty Monday in Reading to robbing a bank in Muhlenberg Township using a firearm.
The weapons charge carries a mandatory seven-year sentence under federal guidelines, in addition to the robbery sentence.
Authorities say $116,000 was taken in the Muhlenberg Township robbery. Torres was apprehended in a minivan a few blocks from the bank when employees alerted police with a silent alarm.
He's accused of robbing a bank branch in Queens twice in 2007, once taking $16,000 and a second time making off with $102,000.
Information from: Reading Eagle, http://www.readingeagle.com/
