Suspect in Evanston U.S. bank robbery pleads guilty
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The man accused of robbing the U.S. Bank in Evanston over a year ago has pleaded guilty to that crime and four other bank robberies in several states.
Twenty-one-year-old Dakota Shareef Walker pleaded guilty on Jan. 10, to robbing the Evanston bank on Dec. 6, 2016. According to court documents, Walker used force, violence and intimidation to take $1,438 from an employee before eluding police.
Walker also pleaded guilty to robbing another U.S. Bank, this one in Topeka, Kansas, before he reached Evanston. The date of that crime was Nov. 28, 2016.
According to court documents, Walker also robbed a bank in Kansas City, Missouri, prior to the Topeka heist.
Walker struck again, according to court documents, on Dec. 14, 2016, in Malad, Idaho, where he made off with $13,773 from yet another U.S. Bank branch.
A few weeks later, on Jan. 9, 2017, investigators said Walker robbed the fifth and final bank of the spree. This time it was a Wells Fargo Bank in Preston, Idaho.
Federal agents arrested Walker on Jan. 10, 2017, with the help of the Ogden Police Department.
Bank robbery is a federal crime that includes penalties of up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
According to the Associated Press, prosecutors said all parties have agreed to recommend a sentence of 4 1/2 years to 8 years in federal prison.
