A Salinas man linked to a series of Butte County bank robberies, was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison Thursday, District Attorney Mike Ramsey announced.
Joe Fedrico-Nunez Martinez, 46, plead no contest to bank robbery and admitted to two prior “strike” offenses and was immediately sentenced. Martinez was accused of holding up a US Bank branch in downtown Chico on June 17 and Rabobank branches in Paradise and Chico the following week.
Martinez was also linked to two bank robberies in Castro Valley and one in Monterey.
He was recently released from state prison after serving 11 years in connection with three other bank robberies dating back to 1991.