TULSA, Okla. -- A man who told police he didn't remember robbing a Tulsa FCU branch - but realized that he must have done so when he noticed a large sum of money blowing around in his car - was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.
Steven Wooten pleaded guilty Jan. 9 in federal court in Tulsa. He admitted robbing the credit union on July 18, when a robber handed a teller a note that said he had a briefcase bomb and a gun.
The robber left the briefcase at the credit union, and an FBI bomb technician and the Tulsa Police Department's Bomb Squad eventually determined that the bomb threat was a hoax.
Wooten, 41, stated in a plea document that "a voice was telling me to rob the bank however I knew what I was doing and I knew it was wrong to take the money from the bank."
He got away with about $3,000.
Wooten was ordered to undergo a mental examination, and U.S. Magistrate Lane Wilson found that he was competent to face prosecution.
