A man accused of wearing fake explosive vests into two Oregon stores and demanding employees empty the cash register or open the safe is heading to prison, officials said.

Nicholas Contreras-Salmion, from Woodburn, was ordered by a judge to serve more than eight years behind bars, the Marion County District Attorney’s Office said in an Aug. 4 news release.

He also was sentenced to three years of supervision once he’s out of prison, prosecutors said.

“Robbery is traumatizing enough, but the use of a fake explosive device to instill fear and force compliance by his victims is a heightened level of callousness,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Brendan Murphy said in the news release.

Contreras-Salmion’s attorney told McClatchy News that her client cooperated with police, took responsibilit

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