Larry Eugene Walden, 57, of Stigler, who pleaded guilty to robbing National Banks of Sallisaw and other bank, was sentenced to 60 months in prison Thursday.

He must follow the imprisonment with 24 months of supervised release for three counts of bank robbery.

Sheldon J. Sperling, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma in Muskogee, announced the sentencing Thursday.

Walden pleaded guilty March 27 to robbing Bancfirst in McAlester of about $3,987 on April 20, of robbing Arvest Bank in Poteau of $2,075.50 on April 30, and of robbing National Bank of Sallisaw on April 30 of $2,671.71.

Sperling said charges arose from an investigation by the Sallisaw Police Department, the McAlester Police Department, the Fort Smith Police Department, the Poteau Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Walden was arrested on June 15 by Fort Smith police officers.  Clothing, bank bags, red dye stained money and a jacket the defendant wore during the Sallisaw bank robbery were recovered at the time of his arrest.

Walden was indicted in August 2009 and pleaded guilty in October 2009.

District Judge Ronald A. White, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma in Muskogee, presided over Thursday’s hearing.  The defendant remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service pending transportation to the designated federal prison at which he will serve his non-parolable sentence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shannon Henson represented the United States in the case.