Member of 'Scarecrow Bandits' receives sentence

DALLAS, TX U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle also ordered Thursday that Corey Duffey, 29, pay restitution of $355,976.

Duffey and four others were found guilty last August on multiple bank robbery and weapons charges for at least 21 holdups in North Texas. Two others pleaded guilty before a trial.

The group made up a bank robbery gang called the "Scarecrow Bandits" that robbed banks in 2008, stealing more than $300,000.

They were called "Scarecrow Bandits" because of loose shirts and floppy hats worn during some of the first robberies.

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