WA man sentenced for trying to blowtorch into bank, causing fire

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday that 34-year-old Randall Taufete’e was sentenced to 66 months — or five and a half years — in prison for trying to torch into the O Bee Credit Union in Tumwater and steal from the ATM. Taufete’e's co-conspirator Brandon Collado pleaded guilty of his role in the arson in June 2023, and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

It destroys property and risks harm to the lives of others, including firefighters," said U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle at the sentencing hearing. "You’re fortunate you didn’t set the entire structure on fire."Taufete’e was arrested just days later for being a felon in possession of a firearm, before detectives identified him as the masked suspect captured on surveillance video using the blowtorch. Taufete’e and Collado were indicted in Jan. 2023.

Source: Loan Digest (loandigest.net)

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