Man charged for robbing KCK bank told investigators he ‘was broke and desperate’
A man accused of robbing a Kansas City, Kansas, bank last month allegedly told investigators he’s “thought about the robbery every day since.”
Daniel Young, 41, faces federal charges of bank robbery and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court District of Kansas.
A man, later identified as Young, allegedly entered the Country Club Bank at 11006 Parallel Parkway wearing a mask and gloves for around 20 seconds at 1:43 p.m. on June 17, 2026, the document said.
Employees locked the bank’s doors and called security, who told them to call police, according to the criminal complaint. Police responded to the bank at 2 p.m. and could not find the man.
Nearly an hour later, Young allegedly entered the bank a second time, wearing a black ski mask, a pair of sunglasses on his forehead, and blue gloves, the court document said. He was holding a green pistol.
Young reportedly approached a bank teller, declared he was committing a robbery and demanded an employee give him money, “no dye packs and no bait bills,” the complaint said.
Young took $13,822 and an employee’s car, a 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan, from the bank, the complaint said. The vehicle was later found abandoned on a ramp to I-435 from Leavenworth Road.
Later that evening, detectives received a tip from a woman who said she saw a man matching Young’s description walking near a red Ram pickup truck parked underneath I-435 on Georgia Avenue with its lights flashing, the criminal complaint said.
According to the court document, officials were able to use the truck’s license plate, traffic cameras and cellphone data to identify Young.
In a search of Young’s residence, investigators located black ski masks and two handguns, according to the court document. In the Ram truck, investigators found two more ski masks.
In an interview with Federal Bureau of Investigations agents, Young allegedly initially denied involvement in the robbery but later admitted to robbing the bank, the criminal complaint said.
He allegedly told investigators his daughter died in 2024, and he had “been struggling to handle the grief,” according to the criminal complaint. He stated business at his job had been slow, and “money was tight and he fell behind on the car payments for his Ram pickup.”
Young reportedly said he “was broke and desperate and decided to rob a bank to get money,” the criminal complaint said. When he initially approached the bank around 1:45 p.m., Young said he “saw the people inside and couldn’t handle it.”
He walked back to his truck before “trying again,” the document said. He told investigators he has “thought about the robbery every day since” and “feels terrible that the employees were scared.”
Young is set to appear for a detention hearing on Wednesday, according to federal court records.
