TOPEKA — With a friend like this, this man needed a good attorney. Landon Bridgman Hedstrom, 19, Bellvue, pleaded guilty to soliciting a friend to rob a Concordia bank. Hedstrom was working at a branch of Citizens National Bank in Concordia when he urged a friend to rob his bank, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. 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, Grissom said. Hedstrom drew a map of the inside of the bank showing where the cash would be located, he said. Hedstrom’s friend didn’t try to rob the bank and went to law enforcement instead. Sentencing is Aug. 13.
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