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The United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Kentucky PRESS RELEASE April 7, 2008 |
London, Ky. -Corey S. Patrick, 25, of Pine Knot, Ky. pled guilty today to robbing a McCreary County Bank of $6,430 dollars.
In the course of his guilty plea, Patrick admitted to using a threatening note to rob the Somerset National Bank in Pine Knot on October 10, 2007. He also admitted to stealing a bank teller's car to use as a getaway vehicle, which he later crashed while fleeing from police. Although Patrick briefly escaped after the crash, he was apprehended by a McCreary County citizen who witnessed him exiting a wooded area on foot. Patrick was indicted in January of this year.
James A. Zerhusen, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Larry R. Willis, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), jointly made the announcement today after Patrick entered his guilty plea.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI and the Kentucky State Police (KSP). The United States was represented in the case by Assistant United States Attorney Jason A. Denney.
Patrick is currently
scheduled to appear for sentencing before United States District Judge
Danny C. Reeves in London, Ky., on July 7, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. Patrick
faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, but the court must consider
the United States Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing
sentences when deciding an appropriate punishment.
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