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Date: 07-27-2016
Case Style: United States of America v. Gary Jordan
Case Number: 2:16-cr-20022-JAR
Judge: JAR
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Donald Christropher Oakley and Tristram W. Hunt
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Description: Kansas City, MO - KCK Man Pleads Guilty In Robbery at Stilwell, Kan., Bank
A Kansas City, Kan., man pleaded guilty to federal charges that he took part in an armed robbery at a Stillwell bank before leading police on a high speed chase with a child in his car.
Gary Jordan, 39, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery, one count of brandishing a firearm during a robbery and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction. Last week, co-defendant Jacob L. Smith, 18, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a robbery.
In his plea, Jordan admitted that on March 9, 2016, he and Smith were armed with handguns when they entered the First National Bank at 7460 W. 199th Street in Stilwell, Kan. They held tellers at gunpoint before fleeing with cash stuffed in a backpack. Jordan took the wheel of the getaway car.
During the next 25 minutes, the robbers were pursued by the Kansas Highway Patrol, the Leawood Police Department and other law enforcement agencies as they fled across the Kansas/Missouri state line. During the chase, Smith fired at officers six times from the car. After the car overturned on a sharp turn, the defendants were arrested. Throughout the chase, co-defendant Danille Morris, 26, Kansas City, Kan., and her 19-month-old child were in the car. She has scheduled a change of plea hearing for Aug. 8.
Jordan and Smith are set for sentencing Dec. 19. The crimes carry the following penalties: Up to 25 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 for robbery, not less than 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 for discharging firearms in a robbery, and up to 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 for unlawful possession a firearm by a felon.
Beall commended all the agencies that assisted in the investigation including the FBI, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, the Kansas Highway Patrol, the Leawood Police Department, the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department and the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department, as well as the prosecutor.
Outcome: Guilty
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