Robbery Plan Deflated

SALT LAKE CITY – A man who planned to rob Utah Community CU, then make his getaway by floating down the adjacent Provo River on inner tubes, is headed up the river instead. Patrick Burr, who robbery plan was ill-fated from the start, was sentenced yesterday to 27 months in prison. ‘It was not a well though-out deal,’ said federal Judge Dee Benson, in sentencing the 46-year-old would-be thief. Burr and his wife, Heather Burr, pleaded guilty in April to last November’s foiled hold-up, after which the two were to escape by floating down the river on inner tubes. The plan hit snags even before the Dec. 1 robbery date; first after Heather Burr’s car, which had the inner tubes in the back was impounded by police for insurance infractions Then Patrick Burr’s best friend, to whom he had confided his plan, turned out to be a police informant who turned them in. The Burr’s were arrested the day before the robbery was scheduled to take place. Burr’s 34-year-old wife is scheduled to be sentenced next week.