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National City Man Sentenced to 55 Months in Prison for Robbing Imperial Beach Credit Union

A 24-year-old National City man was sentenced to 55 months in prison for robbing a North Island Credit Union branch in Imperial Beach and leading sheriff’s deputies on a 40-minute foot chase.

Tulio David Gasca, 24, admitted in his plea agreement that he entered the Imperial Beach branch of North Island Credit Union on March 5, 2015, wearing a mask and demanded that a teller hand over $4,210, which he then took and ran from the credit union.

An off-duty correctional officer chased after Gasca, who ran into an apartment complex across the street from the credit union, through its courtyard, and then out a gate into an alley. The correctional officer continued to pursue Gasca but lost sight of him.

A canine unit responded to the courtyard and began to track Gasca. Before the canine unit found the defendant, a San Diego County Sheriff’s helicopter arrived and its crew spotted Gasca a few blocks away from the credit union and apartment complex.

A responding sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop Gasca, but he wrenched himself free from the deputy’s hold and ran from him. When the deputy caught up to Gasca and tried to stun him with a taser, Gasca physically resisted, injuring the deputy.

Gasca then fled toward 13th Street, where deputies found him hiding in the backyard of a residence. The stolen money was not recovered at that time.

On March 6, 2015, a resident on 13th Street notified law enforcement that she found a large amount of currency when cleaning shelves located in her backyard, where Gasca was found the day before.

Deputies returned to her home and recovered $3,862 and an email addressed to Gasca from beneath a shelf in the backyard.

Tulio David Gasca was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Houston to 55 months in prison for bank robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a). The maximum penalty for this crime is 20 years in prison.