Career Offender Bank Robber Sentenced to 136 Months' Imprisonment
in Addition to State Sentences
Defendant Served Prison Time for Numerous Prior State Robbery Convictions
PORTLAND, OR—Mitchell Sean Cooley, 51, Canby, Oregon, was sentenced on November
2, 2008, by United States District Judge Ancer L. Haggery to serve 136 months in federal prison
for bank robbery consecutive to Cooley’s other sentences previously imposed in Clackamas
County Court and for a state of Oregon parole violation. Cooley was also ordered to serve a
federal supervised release term of three years following his release from prison. Cooley’s
extensive criminal history includes twenty-one prior state convictions for robbery. Defendant
pled guilty to one count of bank robbery on July 14, 2009.
On July 3, 2008, at about 3:00 p.m., Cooley entered the Sterling Savings bank located at
14638 SE Sunnyside Road in Portland and demanded money from two bank employees. When
the bank employees asked Cooley if he was serious, Cooley lifted up his sweatshirt to expose
what appeared to be a handgun in his waistband. The bank employees complied with Cooley’s
demands and provided him with $3,182.00, which Cooley placed in a plastic bag. Cooley fled
the bank in a green pickup and was spotted by law enforcement shortly thereafter. Cooley then
led police on a high-speed chase resulting in Cooley driving on Interstate 205 though heavy
holiday traffic. While on Interstate 205, Cooley threw a bag out of his truck from which police
recovered the stolen bank money and an air pistol. Law enforcement arrested Cooley after he
crashed his truck into other vehicles on Interstate 205 during the high-speed chase.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office
successfully investigated the case. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney
Fred W. Slaughter.
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