Criminal Law
A Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery
A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing a bank in the northeast part of the state.
Jasper Michael Wagner, 56, of Tupelo, entered the plea onTuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Sharion Aycock, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal said. Aycock scheduled a sentencing hearing for Nov. 1. Wagner faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
The robbery took place at Community Bank in downtown Tupelo on April 6. Wagner entered the bank and handed the clerk a note telling her to give him $5,000. He left the bank with the money and was apprehended in a Leeds, Alabama, hotel room about four hours later.
