A man who served his time and got out of federal prison for robbing a bank was sentenced Tuesday for robbing another bank — 30 days after his release from prison.
U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes sentenced Charles Edgar King Jr., 58, of Springfield, to five years and 11 months in prison.
King pleaded guilty to bank robbery in May, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri.
“I have a gun this is a robbery”
On July 10, 2021, King entered the Guaranty Bank at 2109 North Glenstone Avenue in Springfield. He gave a teller a handwritten note that read, “I have a gun this is a robbery,” according to the press release.
The teller handed him $8,815 and King left and walked away through a parking lot.
Bank surveillance cameras captured video footage that shows King's face. He was not wearing a mask, and images of his bare hands show a tattoo of a cross on the back of his right middle finger.
On the day of the robbery, the FBI released surveillance images to the media. King’s former probation officer recognized King and contacted the FBI.
He robbed a bank in Rogersville in 2012
King previously had been convicted of robbing Citizen’s Bank in Rogersville in 2012. He was sentenced to seven years in prison without parole for that robbery.
He served an additional 14 months for repeatedly violating terms of his supervised release following incarceration, according to court documents, for a total prison term of nine years and two months, according to the press release.
On July 19, 2021, an anonymous source contacted law enforcement with a tip that King was staying at the Springfield Inn near the intersection of Kearney Street and North Glenstone.
Springfield police detectives and FBI agents saw King leave the hotel driving a purple Scion Cube with no license plate. Springfield police conducted a stop and detained King on an investigative arrest for robbery.
King told an FBI agent he used the stolen money to buy the used Scion Cube for $2,400, and that he gave some of it away and spent the rest.
