September 30, 2014

Bank Robbery Defendant Sentenced to Federal Prison

KANSAS CITY, KS—A defendant in a bank robbery in Lanagan, Mo., was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

Stephen Hudson, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted bank robbery. In his plea, he admitted that on July 2, 2012, he drove co-defendant Daniel Lee Waddell to Lanagan, Mo., for the purpose of robbing the Corner Stone Bank.

Co-defendant Daniel Lee Waddell was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for the robbery at the Corner Stone Bank, as well as another robbery March 5, 2013, at the Citizens State Bank in Kincaid, Kan.

Grissom commended the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jabari Wamble and Missouri law enforcement agencies for their work on the case.