A Santa Clarita man pled no contest to robbery charges Thursday and was sentenced to six years in state prison.

James Lee Hamill, 27, of Valencia, was charged with six counts of robbery in addition to two counts of attempted robbery, but pleaded no contest to two counts of second degree robberies as part of a plea deal.

Hamill was responsible for several bank robberies in Southern California over the span of two months.

Burbank Police detectives also identified Hamill’s accomplice, who allegedly acted as a getaway driver in at least one of the robberies, as 22-year-old Valencia resident Samantha Yaworski.

“The robbery spree began in March of 2018 and spanned about two months, during which two U.S. Bank locations in the City of Burbank were robbed,” said Sgt. Derek Green with the Burbank Police Department.

The first robbery was on April 20, when a man entered the branch on the 1700 block of W. Olive Avenue in Burbank and produced a note demanding money.

“A witness inside the bank attempted to detain the suspect, but was unable to,” Green said.

The suspect was armed with a pellet gun resembling a real handgun, which he left behind at the scene.

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“The gun was certainly an important piece of evidence,” Green said. “However, the gun itself was not what led to his identity.”

Then on April 30, at around 2:15 p.m., the same suspect robbed a U.S. Bank branch located on the 200 block of N. San Fernando Boulevard in Burbank, again producing a note demanding money.

Burbank Police detectives investigating these cases met with investigators from surrounding law enforcement agencies and learned the same suspect was likely responsible for additional bank robberies in Newhall, Valencia, Pico Rivera and the City of Orange, as well as an attempted bank robbery in Van Nuys, officials said.

On May 2, arrest warrants were issued for Hamill and Yaworski, and on May 4, both were arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department after they entered a U.S. Bank located in the 10000 block of Riverside Drive in North Hollywood.

“The two were spotted by bank employees standing in line at the bank, (who) recognized them and called 9-1-1, which led to a fast response from the LAPD,” Green said.

On May 7, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed six counts of robbery in addition to two counts of attempted robbery against Hamill, and one count of attempted robbery against Yaworski.

Yaworski pleaded no contest in August, and was immediately sentenced to 364 days in jail and 3 years of formal probation, according to officials.

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