James Lavon Lewis of Sequim was sentenced on Thursday to more than 96 months in prison following his recent plea to the crime of Attempted Robbery in the First Degree.

In addition, he was sentenced to concurrently serve 43 months prison for the separate crime of Identity Theft in the Second Degree, to which he also pleaded guilty.

According to court records, Lewis entered the First Security Bank in Port Angeles on Nov. 14, 2017, and handed the teller a note that read “this is a robbery large bills only no tracker don’t press alarm don’t notify anyone.” The teller left her work station and told a co-worker what had happened. Lewis then approached another teller and demanded that she give him money. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Lewis grew impatient and left the bank without having received any money, according to the Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office.

The Port Angeles Police Department posted a photograph of the suspect on the department’s Facebook page, which resulted in a tip that allowed for Lewis to be positively identified and arrested for the crime of Attempted Robbery in the First Degree, according to the prosecutor’s office.

The charge of Identity Theft in the Second Degree stemmed from a checkbook that had been reported stolen out of a car last year in Sequim. According to court records, multiple checks belonging to the victim had been cashed at First Federal Savings in Sequim by a person later identified as James L. Lewis.

Lewis had 13 prior felony convictions on his record at the time of sentencing. His presumptive sentencing range under Washington’s Sentencing Reform Act was 96.75-128.25 months for the crime of Attempted Robbery in the First Degree and 43-57 months for the crime of Identity Theft in the Second Degree.

In exchange for his guilty plea, the State of Washington — represented by Deputy Prosecutor James Kennedy — recommended that the low end of the sentencing range be imposed for the crimes. Superior Court Judge Brian Coughenour agreed, ordered the sentence on the Identity Theft count to run concurrently with the sentence for the Attempted Robbery in the First Degree count, and also imposed 18 months of probation and $2,100 worth of costs and fees.