A 55-year-old ex-con is expected to be sentenced Wednesday for carrying out a takeover-style bank robbery in Anaheim — one day after he got out of state prison.
Eric Walter Gray, who has a lengthy criminal history, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court in October 2025 to a single count of bank robbery and forced accompaniment. Prosecutors are asking for a 10-year prison sentence.
Police responded about 4:40 p.m. May 8, 2024, to a report of a bank robbery in progress at a BMO branch at 5401 E. La Palma Ave., between Imperial Highway and Lakeview Avenue, FBI Special Agent Trevor Twitchell wrote in an affidavit in support of a criminal complaint filed in the case…