A Beehive State piece was sentenced to vii years’ incarceration after the robberies of ii course credit unions. He was described as having serious gaming dependance and faced mounting play losses, according to recent intelligence reports.

Utah federal Judge Ted Jimmy Stewart sentenced Kevin Dean Rasband, 36, of Layton, Utah, on Apr 26 for II counts of cant robbery and unity reckoning of brandishing a firearm during a criminal offense of violence, the Standard-Examiner, a Mormon State paper reported. The deferred payment unions are set in Kaysville and Farmington, Utah.

Under a deal, Rasband entered a shamefaced plea and prosecutors dropped a s piece charge. He must also pay $23,300 in restitution.

After his tone ending from prison, he testament follow placed under superintendence for iii years. Rasband is likely to follow incarcerated at a prison house tent inward CO as opposed to a prison, the news report said.

In I of the robberies, Rasband allegedly held upwards a Goldenwest Credit Federal employee inwards Kaysville on Feb. 11, 2017. He followed her into the vault. He stole $23,000 before fleeing.

During the other theft, Rasband allegedly robbed the Mormon State First Credit Union inward Farmington on March 29, 2017. He fled with a money travelling bag filled with cash. type A dye load down exploded inwards the bag, and he dropped the bag. a piece was indoors the bag, too. Later, authorities traced the gun plunk for to him.

Rasband displayed a piece during both holdups. He wore a mask in at to the lowest degree ane of the robberies. No i was injured during the robberies.

Following his arrest, Rasband remained inwards custody at the Ernst Heinrich Weber County Jail. He pleaded non shamefaced to the charges in May 2017. Then inwards October 2019, he plead shamefaced to trey charges.

Starting around 2014, Rasband found he could not layover gambling, the Standard-Examiner reported, citing a written document submitted to the lawcourt by his federal public defender. Within 3 years, he missed more than $100,000, the story adds.

Drove to NV Casinos

Before his arrest, Rasband was an internal auditor for the Dwight Filley Davis County Clerk-Auditor’s Office, the Standard-Examiner said. He spent practically of his workday leaving his office, getting into a rental car, and and so impulsive to Nevada.

He often chose to run a risk at casinos placed in the Wendover, Rebecca West Wendover, Battle Born State area. Following the secondment robbery, Rasband horde to Las Vegas and was close-fitting to a breaking point.

Once there, he told his married woman over the speech sound he was sledding to charge felo-de-se for the wrongdoing and lost money, the report said. She convinced him to cede to UT authorities.

Lies, Addiction

Rasband found himself apprisal lies to hold back his addictive behavior.

Instead of seeking assist and trying to change, like many addicted people with substance contumely disorders, Mr. Rasband found young shipway to lie and lead astray to acquire what he wanted,” the public defender’s statement added.