A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in Howard Circuit Court today to using his old Dunbar Armored Security uniform to dupe a bank employee into handing over more than $300,000 in cash deposits.
Robert Flanagan, 38, of Dallastown, Pa., pleaded guilty before Howard Circuit Judge Richard Bernhardt to one count of felony theft over $500. He faces up to 12 years in prison at the sentencing Sept. 19.
The prosecutor said Flanagan, a former Dunbar Armored Security employee, was wearing his old uniform when he scheduled a pick up at an Ellicott City branch of Bank of America on Dec. 13, 2007.
A bank employee gave Flanagan the bank?s prepared pick-up of $379,000 in cash, but became suspicious when he noticed Flanagan left the bank in a black Jeep Wrangler instead of a Dunbar armored vehicle.
Flanagan was also charged in a similar heist at a Kohl?s department store, but prosecutors dismissed that case in return for his guilty plea.
