PITTSBURGH — A man who police say robbed multiple banks and escaped a rehab facility has been sentenced to time in prison.
The Department of Justice said Rashon Coleman, 31, of East Liberty walked into a bank and robbed it on April 10, 2023. He got away with $904.
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The next day, police say he robbed a second bank in the same area. Investigators said he threatened to shoot a teller and people inside if he did not get more money than what was initially given to him. He left with $4,344 but police caught up with him and took him into custody. This time, police learned that the gun he was using was a toy.
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After this arrest, Coleman was allowed to stay at a community detention facility. On May 20, 2023, he was allowed to leave the facility for a designated period. Police say he never came back. Instead, he robbed the same bank he robbed on April 10, 2023. This time, he left with $25,000 in cash after forcing an employee to open a vault inside. A short time later, police found him inside a store and took him into custody again.
Coleman was sentenced to over nine years in prison for all of these alleged crimes, followed by three years of supervised release.
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