6-time convicted felon gets 8 years for robbing Reno bank
US Bank inside a Safeway on Mae Anne in Reno. (Google)
RENO — A six-time convicted felon who pleaded guilty to robbing a bank inside a northwest Reno grocery store in October has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison.
Mathew Hovious pleaded guilty earlier in U.S. District Court to one count of bank robbery.
Federal prosecutors say the 48-year-old Nevada man admitted approaching a teller with a threatening note demanding money before he made off with $2,600 from the US Bank inside a Safeway on Mae Anne on Oct. 23.
They say Hovious told her, “Sorry I have to do this,” before handing her the note that said he had a gun and a friend outside, and that he would kill her if she failed to comply with his demand to turn over smaller bills with no dye packs or tracking devices.
