In a plea bargain agreement, a suspect, who helped rob the Mineral Springs, Ark., bank pleaded guilty recently and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Jomari Bradford, 23, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and theft of property in the Howard County Circuit Court in Nashville, Ark., for his participation in the armed robbery of Diamond Bank.
Bradford was sentenced to 360 months or 30 years. He was given 285 jail-time credits for the time he has been in jail waiting for a trial.
He is also supposed to pay $9,888 in restitution to Diamond Bank.
Bradford will also pay court costs of $200, a $250 DNA sample fee, a $250 mandatory sex offender fee and a $20 booking fee.
"He has to serve 70 percent of the sentence," said prosecutor Bryan Chesshir.
"He (Bradford) will testify against the others," he said.
"We're not used to armed robberies, and this will help deter people from robbing and stealing from us," Chesshir said.
The bank was robbed about 3 p.m. July 25, 2016.
The suspects allegedly entered the bank, got the money and exited the building within about two minutes.
The surveillance recording shows the robbery with the suspects leaping over the counter and filling the bags with cash from the drawers.
The bank robbers allegedly left items at the city park after the robbery.
According to the affidavit for a search warrant, an employee found shirts, pants, hats, gloves, one pair of red tennis shoes, a silver hub cap and a red duffel bag.
As a deterrent for future bank robbers, the Diamond Bank offered a proposal to house the Mineral Springs Police Department in the bank building.
The Mineral Springs City Council approved moving the department to the bank and the office is now functioning.
The other bank robbery suspects charged with aggravated robbery and theft of property are Tatyana McBee, whose trial date is scheduled for Dec. 12, and Bobby Padillow, with a trial date of Oct. 17.
No trial date has been scheduled for Byron Coleman, who has asked for a mental evaluation before a trial date is scheduled.