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A Charlestown man was sentenced earlier this week in federal court in Boston for bank robbery.

Robert H. Brady, 42, was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release. On Feb. 7, Brady pleaded guilty to bank robbery.

On June 28, 2018, Brady entered a branch of the Cambridge Savings Bank in Charlestown wearing a mask and approached two bank tellers demanding the tellers take money from their cash drawers and the bank’s vault and give it to him.

Brady took the money and threatened to return to the bank and “blow it up” if the tellers reported the robbery. As Brady fled the area, a GPS tracking device activated within the stolen money, allowing law enforcement to track a location in Charlestown where they eventually located Brady, who was found to be in possession of a large sum of money.

Brady faces a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000 and restitution payment of $912.