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A federal grand jury has indicted two Utah men who, between them, allegedly carried out nine bank robberies since the start of the year.
Salt Lake City resident Bret Michael Edmunds, 41, was charged with seven counts of bank robbery for a string of "note-job robberies" he allegedly carried out between February and April in Salt Lake and Utah counties, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.
Unrelated to the Edmunds cases, Layton resident Kevin Dean Rasband, 30, was charged in a four-count indictment with allegedly robbing a Kaysville bank in February, and a Farmington bank in March. The two other counts come from allegedly using a firearm in both robberies, documents show.
Officials say Edmunds robbed banks across Midvale, Salt Lake City, Draper, Provo and Holladay between Feb. 8 and April 13. He was arrested by FBI agents and Salt Lake City police last month, who were acting on tips from the public.
Edmunds was once sought for questioning in the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart.
Rasband, meanwhile, allegedly robbed a Goldenwest Credit Union in Kaysville in February and a Utah First Federal Credit Union in Farmington in March.
Both face up to 20 years in prison for each robbery charge, if convicted, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Rasband faces a mandatory-minimum seven years for the first firearm charge and an additional 25 for the second, officials said. A conviction on the gun charges would run consecutive to any possible robbery sentence.
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