Omaha man sentenced to for armed robbery of Cedar Bluffs bank

Published: Aug. 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha man will spend 17 years in prison for a bank robbery in eastern Nebraska.

Bruce Dortch was sentenced on charges including bank robbery and using a firearm during a violent crime.

The Saunders County Sheriff’s Office says the robbery happened in January of last year at a bank in Cedar Bluffs.

Authorities say Dortch and Dontae Orduna entered the bank with handguns and forced employees to take money from the bank’s vault.

Both were indicted by a federal grand jury last year.

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