A 53-year-old woman who robbed a Point Loma Wells Fargo bank was sentenced Oct. 20 to 18 months in federal prison. Denise Lorraine Samuels pleaded guilty in June to stealing $900 from the bank at 3505 Sports Arena Blvd., but the money was all recovered, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Orabona. Orabona asked U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw to give her two years in prison. Samuels’ attorney, Todd Burns, sought either a sentence of time already served or a split sentence with some jail time and the rest in a halfway house. Samuels was arrested a few hours after the bank was robbed on March 15. She held up the bank after asking for the manager and presenting a demand note. The note specifically asked for $900, and she remarked she “would start shooting” if she didn’t get it, according to court records. She kept her hand in a bag and was given the money. She was apparently homeless when she robbed the bank. She was given credit for seven months in custody, which will be deducted from her sentence.