SHERMAN, Texas — A Lewisville man was sentenced to just under six years in federal prison for his role in a string of bank robberies back in 2022 and 2023.

According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Texas, Kyung Heo, 31, was sentenced to 71 months by U.S. Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III on Tuesday after pleading guilty to bank robbery.

The news release said that on Nov. 18, 2022, Heo entered the Comerica Bank on State Highway 121 in Lewisville and asked the bank manager if they could process a cashier's check. After being told no, Heo pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the manager, pushing him out of the way and demanding tellers give him money. Heo collected the money and left the bank on foot.

A few months later, the release said, on April 6, 2023,

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