Bank robber surrenders to police minutes after heist www.privateofficer.com
Posted by privateofficernews on June 21, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 21 2009 — Police said the suspect in a bank robbery Friday didn’t get very far.
According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, Herbert Bines, 52, robbed the Wachovia Bank at 4111 N. Tryon St. at 9:30 a.m. He allegedly slipped the bank teller a note, took the money and fled.
Capt. Mike Smathers, with CMPD, said there was a dye pack in with the money, and Bines was caught very soon after near the North Tryon Division substation, next door to the bank in a building that also houses a library and a Joblink office.
“I can only speculate that he just thought he was going to get captured, so he surrendered to an officer,” Smathers said.
Customers coming by the bank Friday afternoon found the doors locked, and were surprised to learn what had transpired.
Customer Madie Smith said, “You got to be kidding. Someone would be that dumb? That ignorant? Really.”
Eyewitness News is waiting to learn from the FBI, which has jurisdiction in bank robbery cases, exactly what charges Bines will face.
According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, Herbert Bines, 52, robbed the Wachovia Bank at 4111 N. Tryon St. at 9:30 a.m. He allegedly slipped the bank teller a note, took the money and fled.
Capt. Mike Smathers, with CMPD, said there was a dye pack in with the money, and Bines was caught very soon after near the North Tryon Division substation, next door to the bank in a building that also houses a library and a Joblink office.
“I can only speculate that he just thought he was going to get captured, so he surrendered to an officer,” Smathers said.
Customers coming by the bank Friday afternoon found the doors locked, and were surprised to learn what had transpired.
Customer Madie Smith said, “You got to be kidding. Someone would be that dumb? That ignorant? Really.”
Eyewitness News is waiting to learn from the FBI, which has jurisdiction in bank robbery cases, exactly what charges Bines will face.
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