HermannNews Staff Report
A 49-year-old man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to robbing the Legends Bank in Bland on Aug. 8, 2009.
Mario Obryan Wright of Fairmont City, Ill. pleaded guilty to one felony count of bank robbery before United States District Judge Charles A. Shaw, in St. Louis. Wright now faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or up to a $250 fine, when he is sentenced on June 3.
The robbery case was investigated by the Gasconade and Franklin County Sheriff’s Departments, the Bland city Marshal’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.