From Sandy Louey:
A serial bank robber was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for robbing and trying to rob banks in Sacramento and Tulare.
Miguel Kercherval, 44, who is from the state of Washington, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty on June 13, according to a release from the U.S. attorney's office.
All the bank robberies occurred in 2006. On Sept. 20, Kercherval attempted to rob the California Bank and Trust at 1800 Arden Way in Sacramento. He ended up robbing the Citibank location at 1116 Alhambra Blvd. in Sacramento later that day, the release said.
On Oct. 2, he attempted to rob a Washington Mutual Bank in Tulare. During this robbery, he punched a teller in the face. On Oct. 5, he robbed a U.S. Bank at 2851 Del Paso Blvd. in Sacramento, authorities said.
Kercherval admitted to committing two other robberies in Reno after the robberies in Sacramento and Tulare, the release said.
The case was an investigation of the Sacramento Violent Crimes Task Force, which includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. The Reno and Tulare police departments also helped with the case.
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