Apologetic Bank Robber Sentenced
| U.S. Attorney’s Office November 17, 2009 |
WICHITA, KS—Michael T. Maples, 40, Wichita, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for two bank robberies, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today.
In his plea to the bank robbery charges, Maples admitted that on March 19, 2009, he robbed Commerce Bank at 1250 S. Woodlawn in Wichita, and on March 24, 2009, he robbed Sunflower Bank at 4101 E. Harry in Wichita.
In the Commerce Bank robbery, he handed the teller a note saying: “Please place all the money on the counter. No (dye) packs or tricks. I am armed. Thank you! I’m sorry!”
In the Sunflower Bank robbery, he gave the teller a note saying: “Place 2 $5,000 stacks of $100 bills on the counter. You have exactly 30 seconds. No (dye) packs, no tricks and do not press any buttons. I am armed. I apologize. Thank you!”
Welch commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Wichita Police Department, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Curzydlo for their work on the case.