KCK man pleads guilty to bank robbery

A Kansas City, Kansas, man pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing a bank at 109th and Parallel Parkway, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

Andre U. Randle, 37, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, to one count of bank robbery. In his plea, he admitted that on Feb. 1, 2017, he robbed the U.S. Bank at 10959 Parallel Parkway, in Kansas City, Kansas.

According to court documents, he gave a clerk a note saying, “I have 2 guns. Don’t make me use them,” before leaving the bank with stolen cash in a purple pillow case. Officers of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department stopped his car in the 6900 block of Troop and arrested him.

Sentencing is set for Sept. 11. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.