A man who robbed a Lawrence County bank five years ago will serve 15 years in jail.

William F. Perry, 64, of North Versailles, Allegheny County, also was ordered Monday by a federal court judge in Pittsburgh to serve five years of probation following his release from prison.

Perry was charged with nine bank robberies between 2004 and 2006. On Jan. 2, 2004, prosecutors said, he used a replica firearm to rob the ESB bank at 1793 Mercer Road, Ellwood City.

The U.S. Attorney’s office in Pittsburgh said Perry also robbed a Huntingdon County bank three times in 2004; a Washington County bank twice in 2004; a Westmoreland county bank twice in 2006; and a New Cumberland, W.Va., bank in 2005.

Perry was indicted in 2007 after an investigation by the FBI. He could have received a maximum of 225 years in prison.