A MAN WHO WENT ON A BANK ROBBERY SPREE IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 20 YEARS. THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER JAMES BAUM WAS PROSECUTED UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S “WORST OF THE WORST” ANTI-VIOLENCE INITIATIVE.
BAUM, WHO ALREADY HAD THREE PRIOR BANK ROBBERY CONVICTIONS, ADMITTED TO HOLDING UP FIVE DIFFERENT ALBUQUERQUE BANKS AND TRYING TO ROB ANOTHER OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD IN AUGUST OF 2016.
