TOPEKA, KS—A Kansas man has pleaded
guilty to soliciting a friend to rob a bank, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said
today.
Landon Bridgman Hedstrom, 19, Belleview,
Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of solicitation to commit bank robbery. In
his plea, Hedstrom admitted he was working at a branch of Citizens National
Bank in Concordia, Kansas when he urged a friend to rob the bank. Hedstrom
planned for his friend to rob the bank while only Hedstrom and one other
employee were working. Hedstrom planned to feign fear and to take the other
employee aside so she could not trip the alarm too early. Hedstrom drew a map
of the inside of the bank showing where the cash would be located.
Hedstrom’s friend did not try to rob the
bank. He turned the information over to law enforcement.
Sentencing is set for August 13. He
faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to
$125,000. Grissom commended the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Maag for
their work on the case.
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