KC man sentenced to federal prison term for robbing Sweet Springs bank

Sunday, September 7, 2008

A Kansas City man convicted of robbing two banks in April, including First Community Bank of Sweet Springs, was sentenced Friday, Sept. 5, to seven years in federal prison, according to a news release from John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Wood announced Friday that Steven Kyle Baugh, 45, was sentenced by U.S District Judge Richard E. Dorr to seven years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Baugh to pay $2,470 in restitution to the two banks he robbed.

On May 20, Baugh pleaded guilty to robbing First Community Bank, 300 S. Miller St., in Sweet Springs, on April 8.

Baugh handed the teller a note in which he threatened to shoot her, although the teller did not observe any weapons. The teller gave Baugh $950 from her drawer and he left the bank.

Baugh also pleaded guilty to robbing Great Southern Bank, 507 E. Kearney in Springfield, on April 16.

Baugh handed the bank teller a note demanding cash and threatened to shoot her if she didn't comply with the note's demand. When the teller gave him $1,520 from her drawer, Baugh ran out of the bank and drove away in a 1997 Mercury.

Investigators traced the vehicle to its owner, Baugh's girlfriend, in Kansas City. Baugh was arrested at a mall in the Kansas City area later on the same day as the Springfield robbery.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas C. Bunch. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Seven years for not one but TWO banks! That guy a few months back with some pot in his car got three times the sentence (although I do realize that doing state time he will probably serve an equal amount of time). Seven years does not seem like it would be much of a deterrent to a desperate person who is contemplating bank robbery. I thought 25 years to life was the norm for bank robbery. I guess it's not such a serious crime anymore.

-- Posted by troygilpin on Mon, Sep 8, 2008, at 8:57 PM

Crime doesn't pay

-- Posted by MarshallMOgal on Mon, Sep 8, 2008, at 12:20 PM