(Portland, OR) -- A Washington man has been sentenced to federal prison for robbing at least ten banks. Clifford Uptegrove was given compassionate release from federal prison and a little more than a year later he was armed with a gun with he robbed a bank in Hermiston. He stole over 13-thousand-dollars and tried to steal an occupied truck in a nearby parking lot. He was arrested by Hermiston Police and pleaded guilty in April. He was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison.