A 27-year-old Lyons man has seen additional charges filled against him in association with a bank robbery in Arlington, and the attempt to steal an ATM at a local credit union.
Jacob W. Schrock, is now charged with one count of armed robbery of a bank, one count of attempted burglary of a bank, one count of brandishing a sawed off shotgun during a bank robbery and one count of unlawful possession of a sawed off shotgun.
The indictment alleges that on Sept. 13, he robbed the Citizen’s Bank of Arlington, and on the same day, attempted to burglarize the Hutchinson Credit Union at 900 E. 23rd in Hutchinson.
At around 10:46 a-m, Reno County Sheriff deputies were sent to Citizen’s Bank when 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, Schrock then allegedly demanded the car keys from the teller and left the bank northbound on K-61 in her Mercury Marquis.
Approximately 8-minutes after the initial dispatch, 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.
He also allegedly tried to pull the ATM at the Hutchinson Credit Union off its foundation and out the front door with his pickup truck, but the attempt failed when the chain broke.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 25-years on the bank robbery charge, not less than 10-years on the charge of brandishing a gun during a bank robbery, a maximum penalty of 10- years on the charge of unlawful possession of a sawed-off shotgun, and a maximum penalty of 25-years on attempted bank burglary charge.