Madison Bank Robbery Given 20-Year Prison Sentence

A federal judge has sentenced a Madison man to 20 years in a federal prison for robbing People’s Community Bank in Plain in October 2014. Forty-year-old Julian Thomas pepper-sprayed three bank employees during the hold-up. A co-defendant, 29-year-old James Thompson of Madison, had entered a guilty plea and he testified against Thomas. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office worked with the F-B-I on the case. As he was being sentenced, the judge called Thomas a career criminal, pointing to a 20-year history of breaking the law.