A Kansas City man who threatened employees with a gun and dragged a woman by her hair during a bank robbery will serve 17 years in federal prison.

Acting U.S. Attorney for Kansas Tom Beall says Clifton B. Cloyd, 54, Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during the robbery. On Oct. 29, 2014, he and another man robbed the Bank of America at 9500 Mission in Overland Park, Kan.

In his plea, Cloyd admitted:
He and his accomplice held five bank employees and one customer at gunpoint.
Cloyd, who was carrying a handgun, grabbed one of the bank employees and pulled her by the hair and scarf to the teller station. He struck her in the face with a handgun.
Cloyd struck a customer so hard her glasses flew off and she was knocked to the floor.
Cloyd struck a male bank employee with such force that his head started bleeding.

Co-defendant Steve A. Watts, 55, Kansas City, Mo., is awaiting sentencing.