71-Year-Old Man Charged in Weekend Armed Robbery

71-year-old man charged in weekend armed robbery

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A septuagenarian has been charged in Boone County after he was accused of robbing a downtown Columbia bank at gunpoint over the weekend. Basil Kyles, 71, of Columbia, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. He is being held at a mental facility in Fulton, according to a Columbia Police Department spokesman. A court date has not been scheduled. The pr…

Columbia bank robbery suspect connected to robberies over the last 50 years

Charges have been filed against Basil Kyles in connection to an armed robbery at a bank in Columbia on Saturday.

UPDATE: Criminal charges filed for Saturday's bank robbery in downtown Columbia

Boone County’s prosecutor has filed first degree robbery and other felony charges against a 71-year-old Columbia man for Saturday’s armed robbery of the First Mid Bank and Trust branch downtown. Boone County prosecutor Roger Johnson tells 939 the Eagle he’s also filed two counts of armed criminal action and an unlawful use of a weapon charge against Basil Kyles, who was captured about five hours after Saturday’s robbery. Police located him near …