Former Winnipeg broadcaster sentenced for Saskatchewan bank robberies

Former Winnipeg broadcaster and journalism instructor Stephen Vogelsang has been sentenced to nearly three years behind bars for a string of bank robberies in Saskatchewan.

On Thursday, Volgelsang was handed a 1,030-day sentence in Regina provincial court, after pleading guilty to four robberies in Regina and Saskatoon between July and October 2017.

He will receive credit for time served.

Vogelsang was a journalism instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg from 2002 until 2011, and before that, he worked as a sports anchor at CKY which is now CTV Winnipeg before becoming news director.

Vogelsang still faces charges in Alberta for bank robberies in Medicine Hat.

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