A 27-year-old Oakland man who robbed a Skowhegan credit union with a knife was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Paul Garland also was ordered to pay $9,147 in restitution and serve five years of supervised release by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock of U.S. District Court in Bangor, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II.

Garland pleaded guilty to armed robbery in April, after an investigation that involved the Skowhegan Police Department and the FBI.

Garland robbed a teller at knifepoint In June 2009 at the Taconnet Federal Union in Skowhegan while wearing sunglasses and a hooded jacket. As the teller began putting money in a bag, Garland banged on the counter with the knife in his hand and started yelling “faster, faster,” according to court documents.

After the robbery, Garland escaped on a Yamaha motorcycle driven by Forrest Goodwin, 33, of Fairfield. The pair changed clothes and vehicles at Goodwin’s residence, after which Garland traveled to the home of a friend in Valparaiso, Ind.

According to prosecutors, Goodwin initially denied involvement in the robbery, but a woman told investigators that six months after the robbery, Goodwin said that he and Garland had got away with it.

Garland and Goodwin were arrested in Fairfield in November and were indicted by a grand jury.

Goodwin pleaded guilty in June to acting as an accessory after the fact of an armed bank robbery, which carries a penalty of up to 12 1/2 years in prison.

According to district court documents, Goodwin has not been sentenced yet.