July 9, 2014

Two Kansas City Men Indicted in Overland Park Bank Robbery

KANSAS CITY, KS—Two Kansas City men were indicted today on a federal bank robbery charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

Dale Williamson, 34, Kansas City, Mo., and Robert Robinson, 40, Kansas City, Mo., were charged with one of count bank robbery in connection with the May 22, 2014, robbery of the Bank of America, 15811 Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kan.

The men initially were charged in a criminal complaint filed June 14 in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan. It is alleged that Robinson, wearing a baseball cap and a hoodie, walked into the bank holding a cellular telephone to his ear. He showed a clerk a note saying, “I have a gun. I will kill you.” He tucked the money from the robbery into a folder and walked out of the bank.

After investigators released surveillance photos from the robbery, they identified Robinson as the bank robber and Williamson as an accomplice who planned the robbery and drove the getaway car.

If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The FBI and the Overland Park Police Dept. investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jabari Wamble is prosecuting.

OTHER INDICTMENTS

Gary A. Schutza, Jr., 56, Prairie Village, Kan., is charged with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of receiving child pornography. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in 2013 in Johnson County, Kan.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on the possession charge, and a penalty of not less than five years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of receiving child pornography. Homeland Security Investigations investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Martin is prosecuting.

Dacco Shane Muth, 27, Leavenworth, Kan., is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of unlawful possession of a sawed off shotgun. The crimes are alleged to have occurred March 15, 2014, in Bonner Springs, Kan.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each of the firearms charges and a maximum penalty of 20 years and a fine up to $1 million on the drug charge. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Bonner Springs Police Department investigated. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Tomasic is prosecuting.

In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.