WILKES-BARRE — A man accused of bank robbery, jewelry store robberies, and insurance fraud has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Prosecutors said Kirk Robinson, 45, of Wilkes-Barre pleaded guilty last week.
Investigators said the hold-ups were at Steve Hydock Diamonds in Kingston May 5, 2008 and Dunay Jewelry, Wilkes-Barre, on May 14, 2008. Robinson is also accused of being involved in the robbery of the M&T Bank in Hanover Township on October 30, 2010.
The grand jury charged Robinson with a mail fraud scheme involving a fake jewelry robbery staged to get $43,000 from an insurance company in 2009.