Man Sentenced For Robbing Banks In Mentor, Lyndhurst

Theodore Crawford -- -- was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 57 months in prison.

Crawford and his partner Raymond Spears were arrested in August and indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges.

Crawford, 21, of South Euclid, pleaded guilty to charges of armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery and aiding and abetting on Jan. 17 in U.S. Federal Judge James Gwin's courtroom.

The banks he's accused of robbing and helping to rob are the Home Savings Bank in Mentor and Chase Bank in Lyndhurst.

In both robberies, the robber claimed to have a bomb. In Lyndhurst, only one person – thought to be Spears – entered the bank with a fake explosive and demanded money.

In Mentor, two people came into the bank. They each handed the tellers separate notes, claiming to have bombs, and demanded money.

The robbers took more than $3,000 from the bank in Lyndhurst and $6,000 from Mentor bank, according to the indictment.

Spears was .