Missouri – A Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court after attempting to rob a local bank, bringing an end to a case that began with a brief but tense encounter inside the financial institution.
Cleburn Bruce Greene, 51, received a prison term of 37 months without the possibility of parole. The sentence was handed down by U.S. Chief District Judge Brian C. Wimes following Greene’s earlier guilty plea to one count of attempted bank robbery tied to an incident in the fall of 2024.
According to the Department of Justice, attempted robbery unfolded on the morning of October 1, when Greene entered a bank in Sedalia shortly after 10 a.m. and approached the customer service counter. After writing a message on a piece of paper, he presented the note to a teller with a demand for money…