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Man who rode his bicycle to rob NE Kansas bank sentenced

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced Monday to 37 months in federal prison for bank robbery, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.

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Richard Armenta, 57, Overland Park, pleaded guilty to a Nov. 24, 2017, robbery at Capital Federal Savings Bank, 9001 E. Santa Fe in Overland Park. Armenta left the bank with cash, but investigators had two clues: a tattoo of a spider web on his left hand and a blue bicycle he rode to the bank.

On Dec. 2, Overland Park Police officers were called to a disturbance involving Armenta. They identified him from video surveillance of the bank robbery, the tattoo on his hand and a blue bicycle in the back of his pickup.

McAllister commended the Overland Park Police Department, the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Flannigan for their work on the case.

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