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• Bank robbery suspect arrested at airport

  April 30, 2013 11:42 AM

  METAIRIE - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a man returning to the area was arrested at Louis Armstrong International Airport for a Metairie bank robbery earlier in April. The Times-Picayune reports 33-year-old Bruce Padilla was booked Monday for a bank robbery on April 12. Col. John Fortunato says authorities caught... more »

• Mom and daughter face music for bank job

  January 7, 2013 7:32 PM

  A mother and daughter bank robbing duo was sentenced for pulling a bank job in Gulfport, Mississippi and face charges in two other states. Evie Mearline Herrin and her daughter, Amelia Darci Crew pleaded guilty in October for robbing a bank using a BB gun. They are also charged with... more »

• Deputies investigating bank robbery in Baton Rouge

  November 29, 2012 3:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities released surveillance photos of a man who robbed an East Baton Rouge bank this afternoon. It happened at the Chase Bank located at 7171 Corporate Blvd before 3 p.m. A sheriff's office spokesperson said a white male came into the bank wearing a dark-colored... more »

• Guns pulled on bank tellers at grocery store

  November 2, 2012 9:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Two men walked into the Chase Bank inside the Albertson's grocery store on Bluebonnet armed with guns and demanded money Friday evening. Security video shows the men pulling out guns as shoppers and customers watch with shocked faces. They "approached the teller, armed with guns and... more »

• Police: NY bank thief claimed he was shortchanged

  October 23, 2012 12:36 PM

  SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Going back to a bank you just ripped off to claim you'd been shortchanged isn't likely to end well. That's what police say led to an arrest Monday in upstate New York. Syracuse police say 28-year-old Arthur Bundrage, of East Syracuse, went into a bank at about... more »

• Police: Man tries to rob bank of $1 in prison bid

  October 9, 2012 12:40 PM

  NORTHERN CAMBRIA, Pa. - Police say a man tried to rob a Pennsylvania bank of $1 because he hoped to be sent to a federal prison nearby. A police complaint says 50-year-old regular customer Jeffrey McMullen walked into an AmeriServ bank Friday in Northern Cambria and handed notes to tellers... more »

• California bank robbed, device strapped to manager

  September 6, 2012 12:45 PM

  LOS ANGELES - Authorities are still looking for the gunmen who strapped what they claimed was a bomb to a bank manger before robbing a Los Angeles bank. Authorities say two masked gunmen kidnapped the bank manager from her home Wednesday morning, and after strapping the device to her waist,... more »

• Man robs bank, drives to police station, confesses

  June 26, 2012 12:35 PM

  PORTLAND, Ore. - A suburban Portland man says he was so moved by a documentary exploring the cause of the Great Recession that he decided to rob a bank. But apparently the film didn't make enough of an impression for the 50-year-old Gresham man to keep the loot. The Oregonian... more »

• Iberia Bank robbed by suspect wearing a large, fake beard Play Video

  May 7, 2012 10:45 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police responded to a reported bank robbery Monday morning, making it the fourth reported robbery within seven days. It happened at the Iberia Bank branch on 7325 Highland Road at Highland Park Drive. Police say the suspect walked into the bank with a... more »

• Second bank robbed in two days

  May 1, 2012 10:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Investigators say a bank on Jefferson Highway was robbed Tuesday, making it the second Baton Rouge bank hit in two days. Baton Rouge Police say the robbery took place at the Regions Bank at 7777 Jefferson Hwy. The suspect is described as a black male... more »

• Suspect wanted in Gonzales bank robbery

  April 26, 2012 2:47 PM

  Gonzales- A man wanted for robbing a bank in Gonzales is on the loose, and police are asking for your help in identifying him. Officers say just before 5 Monday evening, a man walked into the American Gateway Bank, and gave a note to the teller demanding money. ... more »

• Tip leads to bank robbery arrests

  April 18, 2012 9:11 AM

  NAPOLEONVILLE- At 3:34pm yesterday, an Assumption Parish Deputy/School Resource Officer was stopped at a convenience store at the corner of Highway 1 and Highway 401 when he was approached by a woman who said she saw three men in masks attempting to rob the bank. The deputy responded after... more »

• Police: Man with plunger tries to rob NY bank

  April 13, 2012 12:38 PM

  UTICA, N.Y. - Police say a 49-year-old man tried to rob a central New York bank armed with a toilet plunger. Utica police tell local media outlets that Lawrence Deptola went into city bank Thursday afternoon and threatened a teller with the plunger. Police responded after two other banks had... more »

• Police: Gunman wearing Mardi Gras mask robs bank

  March 21, 2012 11:43 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies responded to a robbery Wednesday at a bank located on Industriplex Boulevard. It happened around 11:30 a.m. at a Whitney Bank. Reports say a man reportedly walked into the bank with a handgun, jumped over the teller counter and demanded money. The suspect... more »

• Second bank robbery suspect captured

  February 24, 2012 11:03 AM

  OPELOUSAS- A second suspect wanted in connection with the Feb. 8 armed robbery of the Melville branch of the United Mississippi Bank is now behind bars. The first suspect, 32-year-old Tyrone D. Byers of Natchitoches, was arrested earlier this week in Texas following a high speed chase. St. Landry Parish... more »

• BR man wanted for bank robbery in St. Landry Parish

  February 21, 2012 11:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Two men, including one from Baton Rouge, are wanted in connection with the robbery of a bank in St. Landry Parish. Sheriff's Deputies say David Pooler, 33, is a person of interest in the armed robbery of a bank in Melville. Trevon Haile, who is from Texas,... more »

• Toothless Pa. bank robber suspect needed dentures

  February 1, 2012 8:54 AM

  WAYNESBURG, Pa. - Police in southwestern Pennsylvania say a woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and said she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures. Forty-nine-year-old Evelyn Marie Fuller, of Carmichaels, was arrested... more »

• Father turns in son accused in bank robbery

  December 17, 2011 3:38 PM

  METAIRIE - A 73-year-old man says he turned in his son after he was identified as a suspect in a bank robbery. The Times-Picayune reports that Walton Duplantis saw a newspaper article on Nov. 18 about the robbery of a Whitney National Bank branch in Metairie. At the time, the... more »

• Search underway after bank robbery in Baton Rouge Play Video

  November 17, 2011 2:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities are searching for the man that robbed a bank on Jones Creek Road earlier this afternoon. Right now authorities are using K9 units to search the area around the Chase Bank on Jones Creek. Two schools, Woodlawn Middle and Southeast Middle, were put on lockdown... more »

• Deputies investigating attempted bank robbery

  October 20, 2011 5:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A would-be bank robber in East Baton Rouge Parish created a scare but left without any loot, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies were called to the Regions Bank at 11880 Greenwell Springs around 3:40 p.m. They were told a man who may have been... more »

• Feds seek death penalty again for convicted killer

  October 11, 2011 1:55 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Justice Department is trying again to secure a death sentence for a man convicted of killing an off-duty sheriff's deputy during a botched bank robbery in New Orleans. A jury had sentenced John Wayne Johnson to death for fatally shooting Lt. Sidney Zaffuto in... more »

• BRPD: Arrest made in Tuesday bank robbery

  July 13, 2011 10:30 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police have arrested someone in connection with the recent armed robbery of an Old South Baton Rouge bank. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said officers arrested Brendan Coughenour, 21, last night. He said evidence collected at the scene and surveillance photos helped them identify Coughenour and make the... more »

• Police: DNA doesn't match suspect arrested for bank robbery

  April 13, 2011 10:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Police say key evidence doesn't match a man arrested for a bank heist Tuesday. DNA from a mask and gloves found near a Chase Bank in Baton Rouge doesn't match the DNA of 23-year-old Jauan Swanson. Police quickly arrested him Tuesday, a little more than, 24... more »

• Suspect in April 1 bank robbery arrested in Texas

  April 12, 2011 3:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man accused of robbing a Baton Rouge bank on April 1 is on his way back to Louisiana after he was caught in Texas. Matthew Paulk, 35, is accused of robbing the Teche Federal Bank branch inside the Neighborhood Walmart on Old Hammond Highway. ... more »

• One person detained, search for BR bank robber continues

  April 11, 2011 10:11 AM

  UPDATE 11:45 a.m. - Authorities have taken one person into custody during this search, but do not know if that person is connected to the bank robbery or not. Government Street was recently re-opened as police moved the perimeter to another area to continue their search. BATON ROUGE -... more »

• Prosecutor: 'Granddad Bandit" guilty plea likely

  January 10, 2011 12:55 PM

  RICHMOND, Va. - A federal prosecutor says the so-called Granddad Bandit likely will plead guilty to robbing more than two dozen banks in 13 states. At a status hearing Monday, a trial for 53-year-old Michael Francis Mara was pushed back until March 21. Mara could plead guilty before... more »

• Minn. man unsuspecting getaway driver in robbery

  December 17, 2010 1:33 PM

  JANESVILLE, Minn. (AP) - A 26-year-old man thought he was doing a good deed when he gave a 70-year-old woman a ride to a Minnesota bank. But police say the woman robbed the bank, and the man was her unsuspecting getaway driver. The man told The Free Press... more »

• Police: La. man confesses to Miss. bank holdup

  October 13, 2010 6:56 AM

  Gulfport police say a Louisiana man walked into the Harrison County Adult Detention Center and confessed to a 2005 bank robbery. According to police, Dale Evans Mott of Jennings, La., said he turned himself in because of the guilt. Police had been unable to solve the Feb. 10, 2005, holdup... more »

• Florida bank robbers strap bomb to abducted teller

  September 24, 2010 12:36 PM

  A bank teller was kidnapped early Friday from his home by robbers who strapped a suspected bomb to his chest and used him to steal money from a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami, according to the FBI. The suspected explosive device was safely removed and... more »

• Police: Oregon mom robbed bank, picked up kids

  September 22, 2010 1:04 PM

  Police in southern Oregon say a woman charged with robbing a bank in Grants Pass stopped to pick up her children at school on the way home. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reported a woman walked into an Umpqua Bank branch shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, handed the teller... more »

• Don't forget to Pick Up the Kids after the Bank Job

  September 21, 2010 7:57 PM

  A woman accused of robbing a bank in Oregon stopped to pick up her kids on the way home. Police say Erica F. Anderson walked into the bank, handed the teller a note demanding cash, then drove off in a car with a man. A witness gave police a description... more »

• UPDATE: Denham Springs man arrested in bank bomb threat

  September 13, 2010 10:48 AM

  UPDATE: Officials with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office say they've arrested one man after an attempted bank robbery this morning. 43-year-old Louis W. Allen of Denham Springs was arrested in suspicion of attempted armed robbery and other charges after the incident at Whitney National Bank on Jones Creek... more »

• UPDATE: 'Granddad Bandit' pleads not guilty in VA

  September 10, 2010 5:32 AM

  UPDATE @ 10:28a.m. - Michael Mara pled 'not guilty' today to two counts of bank robbery, and a trial date was set for Nov. 18. ----- Original story: The bank robbery suspect the FBI nicknamed the "Granddad Bandit" is due for his first federal court appearance in... more »

• 'Bayou Bandit' arrested in San Antonio

  September 3, 2010 6:32 PM

  A serial bank robbery suspect was arrested earlier this morning in San Antonio, TX. 46-year-old Douglas Edward Ford, also known as the “Bayou Bandit,” is a resident of San Antonio and was arrested around 10:30 a.m. The FBI and local authorities from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Oklahoma are... more »

• Reward offered for information on serial bank robber

  August 20, 2010 1:08 PM

  A reward is being offered for information on a man the F.B.I. has dubbed the "Bayou Bandit". He is responsible for at least 11 bank robberies since March 2010, four of them in Louisiana. The first was in Jennings then Sulphur, Crowley and Rayne. The other banks... more »

• Bond denied for La. man charged in Arkansas woman's death

  August 18, 2010 1:08 PM

  A judge has denied bond for a Louisiana man charged with capital murder in the death of a Crossett woman whose vehicle was used in a bank robbery. Peter Keith Harvey of New Orleans made an initial appearance Tuesday before Drew County Circuit Judge Sam Pope, who appointed an... more »

• 4 charged in Edgard bank robbery

  June 26, 2010 9:47 AM

  Four New Orleans residents have been indicted on charges stemming from a May 4 bank robbery in Edgard. Federal prosecutors said 27-year-old Errol Harris entered the Capital One Bank branch on Highway 18 and pointed a handgun at an employee while another suspect, 36-year-old Corey Richardson, hopped over the teller's... more »

• Man gets over 12 years for bank heist

  May 28, 2010 5:35 AM

  Darryl Palmore from New Orleans faces over 12 years in federal prison for bank robbery. Palmore received a 151-month sentence for a heist at a Capital One bank office in New Orleans. While fleeing, a security dye packet went off, forcing him to drop most of the money. He was... more »

• EBRP Sheriff's Office looking for bank robber

  May 21, 2010 12:53 PM

  The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for the man who robbed a bank on Perkins Road Thursday. Deputies say the man, pictured in the orange shirt, robbed the First Bank and Trust at 12871 Perkins Road. He was seen driving a dark tan Dodge pickup,... more »

• EBRSO investigating Bank Robbery

  May 20, 2010 3:12 PM

  East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Deputies are looking for clues into a bank robbery. It happened at First Bank and Trust at 12871 Perkins Road at 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Deputies say a man entered the bank, approached the teller and demanded money. The man grabbed the cash and... more »

• Plank Road robbery suspect arrested

  April 6, 2010 11:23 AM

  Akevia Moore surrendered to the U.S. Marshals task force and was arrested for armed robbery yesterday. Sheriff's deputies say Moore went into Hancock Bank at 11659 Plank Road on March 25 with a handgun. They say he demanded money from a bank teller, then left on foot. Deputies... more »

• Update: Bank robbery in Baker

  March 25, 2010 1:14 PM

  East Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputies are on the scene of a bank robbery at the Hancock Bank at 11659 Plank Road in Baker. The robbery took place around 12:05pm today. News 2 has learned that a perimeter was set up around the bank, while deputies used their K-9 unit... more »

• Robbers pose as feds

  November 16, 2009 7:49 PM

  A group of would-be bank robbers tried to pose as federal agents by using a fake sarch warrant to get into the vault at a Wells Fargo branch in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nevada. The FBI says the bank manager refused to open the vault and comply with... more »