A Vandalia, Missouri, man was sentenced to over a decade in federal prison last month for robbing a Warren County bank in 2021. 59-year-old Brian P. Cook of Vandalia, Missouri, was sentenced to 144 months in the Bureau of Prisons followed by three years of supervised release. Cook was indicted in May 2022 and pleaded guilty in August 2022. Evidence presented by the government during the sentencing hearing before Chief U.S. District Judge Sara L. Darrow showed that he had pointed what appeared to be a firearm directly at bank tellers at Citizens National Bank to force them to comply with his demands, leading to him stealing $193,000 from the bank's vault. Judge Darrow found that Cook's use of the weapon during the July 2021 robbery was an appropriate factor to enhance his sentence. Judge Darrow stated that Cook's actions terrorized the bank employees, and broke the trust and safety many find in a small-town bank. Judge Darrow also noted the premeditated nature of the offe
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