Bank robber who used sex toy as fake bomb is sent to prison

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man who robbed a bank with a fake bomb made out of phone wires, duct tape and a sex toy has been sentenced to 1 1/2 to 3 years in prison.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that an Allegheny County judge sentenced 36-year-old Aaron Stein on Tuesday after rejecting requests for leniency, including house arrest.

The judge said he couldn't tell the community Stein's case warranted only house arrest. He said: "It can't be that simple."

Stein pleaded guilty in March. He said he robbed the PNC Bank in Crafton last June because he was desperate after losing $9,000 he'd invested to cover his approaching honeymoon.

His attorney says desperation drove Stein to don an Iron Man mask and used the fake bomb to threaten tellers.

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