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In Kosciusko Circuit Court Thursday, a Warsaw man submitted a plea agreement and admitted he was the timer and watchman in an bank robbery earlier this year.
Michael Angel Islas Jr., 21, of 947 E. Sheridan St., admitted he watched the door and counted off time while Rocky L. Lozano, 23, of Leesburg, and Logan A. Greene, 26, of Warsaw, held tellers up at gunpoint at the National City Bank Branch in Etna Green in April.
If Islas' plea is accepted by Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Rex Reed, he will be sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the crime. Islas' sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 21.
On June 23, Lozano entered a plea agreement and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for armed robbery. On June 16, Green was sentenced to 26 years in prison for armed robbery and being a violent felon with a firearm.
Ashley King, 22, of Warsaw, is still awaiting sentencing. She admitted to driving one of the getaway cars and entered a guilty plea on June 19 to aiding and assisting a robbery.
On April 26, four armed subjects dressed in masks and black clothing robbed the Etna Green Branch of National City Bank. All four suspects were apprehended within 15 minutes of the robbery.
Soon after, officers found two men walking close to the Etna Green Cemetery where an abandoned maroon car was located. The men, Greene and Islas, were taken into custody without incident.
Shortly after, Lozano and King were stopped by a Warsaw Police officer on Crystal Lake Road and taken into custody.
