NJ couple sentenced for bank robbery
Two South Jersey residents who robbed a Gloucester County bank in 2010 are heading to state prison.
Charles B. Koch of Stratford and Cheri Harper of Malaga were both sentenced to seven-year terms on Friday.
The defendants said they entered the bank with Harper carrying a concealed knife and Koch telling bank employees he had a bomb, though none was shown.
They began fleeing with an undisclosed amount of stolen cash, but were captured in Oklahoma less than a week after the crime.
The couple claimed they were going to use the stolen money for a wedding trip to Las Vegas.
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