WICHITA – A 27-year-old Lyons man has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in Arlington with a sawed off shotgun.

Jacob W. Schrock pleaded guilty Monday to one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.

In his plea, he admitted that on Sept. 13, 2011, he robbed the Citizen’s Community Bank in Arlington. He walked into the bank about 10:45 a-m, carrying a sawed off shotgun and wearing a cowboy hat, sunglasses, vest and blue bandana covering his face.

It was reported that a white male had entered the bank with a shotgun and demanded cash from the teller. After being given the money, the subject demanded the car keys from the teller and left the bank northbound on K-61 in the tellers Mercury Marquis.

Meanwhile, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Grant Blaylock was checking the area of U-S 50 and Salem Road for the suspect vehicle. He noticed a white male matching the robbery suspects description, pass him in a pickup.

The man looked away when the trooper passed, raising the officers suspicion. Blaylock also noticed that the pickup had no tag, so he stopped the vehicle approximately 1/2 mile west of Salem Road on U-S 50. While the trooper was talking to the driver, he noticed a shotgun in the seat. He then removed Schrock from the vehicle and saw a stack of money laying in the seat. Schrock was then arrested and taken to the Reno County Jail with bond set at 101-thousand, 500-dollars.

Sentencing is set for Feb. 27. He faces a penalty of not less than 10 years and not more than life and a fine up to $250,000.