Jail Terms Handed Out For CURobbery

June 02, 2006, 1:00 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - (06/02/06) Two local robbers weresentenced to long prison terms Thursday for their roles in ahold-up at the Credit Union of the Berkshires that netted them morethan $100,000. A Berkshire Superior Court judge sentenced MarcosSostre, 32, to at least 20 years in prison, and his accomplice,Robinson Figueroa, 20, to at least 12 years for the December 22,2004 armed robbery. The getaway car driver in the hold-up, AngelLamboy, pleaded guilty earlier and was sentenced to six-to eightyears in state prison.

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