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Bank robber pleads guilty
Daily Record Staff//February 21, 2020//
Listen to this articleA Rochester man has admitted to bank robbery and escaping from law enforcement officials.
Michael Matzen, 39, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Thursday to escaping from federal custody and to two counts of bank robbery, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Matzen is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Matzen had been previously sentenced to serve four years and nine months in prison in the Northern District of New York for two bank robberies. Matzen was allowed to serve the last several months of that sentence at a halfway house in Rochester.
On Aug. 30, Matzen was given permission to temporarily leave the facility until 8 p.m., but he did not return to complete his sentence.
On Sept. 3, Matzen robbed the Canandaigua National Bank at 210 Alexander St. On Sept. 19, he robbed the Key Bank at 1185 University Ave.
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