CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A former New York resident has been sentenced to federal prison for a July 2015 armed bank robbery in Clearlake.

Samuel T. Campbell, 26, was sentenced in San Francisco on Friday to 70 months in prison, five years' supervised release and the requirement that he pay restitution of $3,000 to Clearlake's Bank of the West, according to Sgt. Rodd Joseph of the Clearlake Police Department.

Authorities said Campbell and his girlfriend, Antoinette Calabria of New York state, robbed the bank at gunpoint on July 8, 2015, taking more than $3,000.

Joseph said Clearlake Police officers and detectives who responded to the reported robbery collected evidence and statements, with the evidence ultimately leading to the identification of Campbell and Calabria.

Clearlake Police's investigators later requested the assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Joseph said.

The work of Clearlake Police Officer Joseph Myers and the FBI led to locating and arresting Campbell in Flint, Mich., on Oct. 20, 2015.

Court filings showed that on Oct. 29, 2015, a federal grand jury issued an indictment against Campbell, who in May reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to the bank robbery.

A sentencing memorandum issued by the US Attorney's Office a week ahead of Campbell's Friday court appearance said he has “a significant and escalating criminal history,” with most of the crimes committed in his former home state of New York before he moved to California.

In June, Calabria was charged with conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and pleaded guilty to the charge in July as part of a plea agreement.

Calabria is set to be sentenced on Jan. 13. Court filings so far have not indicated a possible sentence.

Joseph said the Clearlake Police Department wanted to formally thank the FBI for its assistance in identifying the bank robbery suspects and helping to bring them to justice.

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