Article: Plea-change hearing set for suspected `Fishing Hat Bandit'.(NEWS)

Byline: Pam Louwagie; Staff Writer

The man suspected in the "Fishing Hat Bandit" bank and credit union robberies is scheduled to appear in federal court next week for a hearing to change his plea.

John D. Whitrock, 57, of Burnsville, had pleaded not guilty in February to 21 counts of robbery and one count of attempted robbery in the longest string of bank and credit union robberies within Minnesota.

He is scheduled to appear Friday before Judge Richard Kyle in St. Paul for a change-of-plea hearing, according to Karen Bailey, a spokeswoman for the U.S. ...

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