BENTON — A 61-year-old Salem man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Benton to 8 years in prison for robbing a Southern Illinois Bank in Zeigler earlier last year.

Earl Morlan will also have to pay $3,100 in restitution on the one-count federal indictment charging him with felony bank robbery. Morlan has remained in federal custody since the federal indictment was filed last May.

Before the federal indictment, he was in custody in Franklin County on state charges of Class X felony armed robbery with a firearm and Class 1 felony aggravated armed robbery indicating a firearm and was being held in state custody at the Franklin County Jail. That case has remained on hold pending the outcome of the federal case. The 96-month sentence handed down Tuesday will be served concurrently with any sentence given in the Franklin County case if he’s convicted.

Du Quoin Police arrested Morlan the day after the bank robbery following a 911 call from Morlan with an apparent medical emergency. Morlan was taken to a local hospital before Zeigler Police Chief Ben Burkhamer picked him up at the hospital and took him to jail.

Morlan was reportedly identified by Marion County law enforcement after they recognized him in a bank surveillance photo.