A D.C.-based man, dubbed the “Beltway Bank Bandit” by authorities, was convicted in a series of armed robberies from 2018 and 2019 and sentenced to 21 years in prison Tuesday. According to a Department of Justice news release, Freddie Lee McRae, 35, robbed five banks and an apparel store in Northern Virginia and Maryland between fall 2018 and spring 2019. He also attempted to rob a sixth bank. He was initially charged with robbing two banks and the store, but he admitted robbing three other banks in his guilty plea: Bank of America branch on Oct. 27, 2018 in Springfield; Wells Fargo Bank on Nov. 13, 2018 in Alexandria;