19-year sentence for Tri-City career robber

Published 9:47 pm Thursday, January 28, 2010

KENNEWICK — Serial robber Troy Lee Fuller pleaded guilty in Benton County Superior Court Thursday to armed robbery charges and was sentenced to 19 years in prison.

Fuller robbed two bank and drug store in August in the Tri-Cities and claimed to have a bomb at one of the holdups.

The 48-year-old, who has previous robbery convictions in Arizona, has spent 22 years in prison and was released in December 2008.