A Kent man was sentenced to prison for robbing an Auburn bank at gunpoint in May 2025.
On Jan. 23, following a guilty plea on Dec. 23, 2025, a King County Superior Court Judge sentenced Michael Peter Esposito, 64, whose last known address was in Kent, to 129 months — nearly 11 years — in prison for first-degree robbery. This charge stems from a May 13 incident where he robbed Umpqua Bank, 4191 A St. SE., Auburn, at gunpoint. According to charging documents, Esposito obtained $1,130 from the robbery.
According to documents, in 2001, Esposito was arrested in Buffalo, N.Y., and Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for bank robbery. He also has four first-degree robbery convictions from 2009 and one second-degree robbery conviction from 2018 on his record. According to documents, several of the 2009 robberies stemmed from Seattle incidents…