KANSAS CITY — A 39-year-old Quenemo man was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for helping to rob the Goppert State Service Bank in Pomona. Robert Martin pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas City to one count of bank robbery, U.s. Attorney Barry Grissom said. In his plea, Martin admitted he took part in the March 19 robbery in Pomona. He said he drove to the bank with co-defendant Caleb Jeffcoat. Martin said he gave Jeffcoat a mask and BB gun that had been altered to make it look more like a real gun. Jeffcoat entered the bank and robbed a teller. Investigators used video surveillance from a Dollar General store and a gas station in Pomona to identify them, Grissom said. Jeffcoat, 26, Quenemo, is awaiting sentencing for the robbery. Christel Collins, 37, Quenemo, is also awaiting sentencing.
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