KANSAS CITY, Mo – An Independence man has been sentenced yesterday (Thurs.) in federal court for committing armed robbery and possession of a firearm in a pair of robberies on Christmas Day 2023.
U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark sentenced 37-year-old Duke A. Yates to 20 years in prison for the robberies of a Quik Trip and Walgreen’s in Independence over two years ago. Yates pled guilty on November 25th, 2024 to two counts of robbery and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime…