(Radio Iowa) – A man from a small town in northwest Iowa has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in the community this past January. Authorities arrested 40-year-old Del Martinnez Evans, Junior at his home in Sanborn about an hour after the Sanborn Savings Bank was robbed. His house was about three blocks from the bank.

Evans was initially charged in state court with second degree robbery and second degree theft and he pleaded not guilty in February. Those charges were dismissed and the case was moved to federal court. Court documents indicate he passed the bank teller a note demanding money, but did not refer to and show a weapon during the robbery.

By pleading guilty to robbery by force or violence, Evans faces a sentence of up to 20 years in a federal prison.