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Man Sentenced In Kansas City Brinks Holdup

Holdup of Brinks truck similar to this was starting point for Kansas City, MO. spending spree.
Demetri Mouratis
Holdup of Brinks truck similar to this was starting point for Kansas City, MO. spending spree.

A Raytown, Mo. man will serve more than 14 years in federal prison for the 2010 holdup of a Brinks Truck at a Kansas City, Missouri bank.

Court and police records show the aftermath reads like bad fiction.

The sentence was handed 22-year-old Deangelo Colston.  He and  two codefendants, who’ve pleaded guilty, robbed Brinks guards in daylight as they went to fill ATMs at a 31st and Main bank driveup.

The take was $130,000.

Court documents show Colston and another man went on a spending spree at a shopping center, bought a car and took a group of friends to Worlds of Fun amusement park.

During a traffic stop police found a pillowcase and backpack holding stacks of banded together 20 dollar bills.  They also found a loaded 9 mm semi-automatic pistol.

A cellphone data check led police to a third defendant.

Colston and Gerald Jones of Raytown also admitted to robbing an Overland Park bank and a Country Club Plaza restaurant.

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