A 40-year-old man with a history of robbing banks in Kansas and Missouri has been sentenced to life in prison for two holdups he was convicted of committing last year.
The U.S. Attorney's office says Eddie Prince Roberts, of Columbia, won't be eligible for parole under the sentence he received Friday in federal court.
Roberts was convicted earlier of robbing Boone County National Bank in Columbia of more than $4,400 in April 2012, and Landmark Bank in Columbia of roughly $8,200 the following month.
He was arrested after the Landmark robbery following a foot chase in which he fought with an officer and was shot during the encounter.
Roberts was convicted in 1993 of robbing five banks in Kansas. He was also convicted of robbing a Missouri bank in 2000.