GEARY COUNTY -A Kansas man was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Monday in Geary County District Court.

Michael White, 20, Junction City, had been charged with being the ringleader in two different series of robberies including one by Milford Lake and another in Junction City.

What they were basically doing was ripping off other small time drug participants, according to Steve Opat, Geary County Attorney.

“The problem was that those robbed didn’t have any drugs. So what they ended up doing was taking their personal property, and their money.”

White was convicted of two counts of Aggravated Robbery and one count of Criminal Threat. Opat said both robberies were at gunpoint.

Two other defendants have been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Robbery.