Three arrested in Chicago bank robbery www.privateofficer.com

Three arrested in Chicago bank robbery http://www.privateofficer.com

Chicago IL OCT 31 2008
Three people were in custody Wednesday afternoon on charges they took more than $35,000 during a holdup at a Far South Side bank Tuesday, according to federal court records.

The men, David Newton Jr., Sean Smith and Charles Smith, was arrested in connection with the heist at a Charter One Bank branch in the 1300 block of West 103rd Street in the East Beverly Park neighborhood, according to a federal court records.

About 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, Newton and Sean Smith entered the bank and one of them pointed a gun at a teller, according to the records.

Newton is alleged to have approached a security guard, asked whether he was armed, searched him and ordered him to the floor.Newton then fired a shot into the air, the records say.

No one was hurt.
Smith then jumped over the teller counter and ordered tellers to open their drawers, according to the records.

Smith took with about $35,721 and a red dye pack, and he and Newton left the bank, officials say.

Bank employees said the two got in a white Chevrolet Blazer driven by Charles Smith, and fled, the records say.A teller then turned on a silent alarm, notifying Chicago police, who found the vehicle abandoned several blocks away, according to the records.

Newton and Sean Smith were found nearby hiding under a porch with a black book bag that had red dye stains, the records say, adding that the money also was stained.

The two were taken back to the bank and identified by employees, according to records.

Charles Smith was arrested shortly thereafter and told FBI agents he was the driver, the records say.

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“Grandpa” bank robber captured in Georgia www.privateofficer.com

ATLANTA GA. NOV. 13 2007

Perry Georgia police arrested a man the FBI had named the “Grandpa Bandit” Saturday at a hotel just off I-75 in Houston County.
The FBI said Bobby Joe Phillips, 64, is suspected in seven bank and credit union robberies in Knoxville, Tenn., and in Suwanee, Covington and Warner Robins in Georgia.
Phillips, who is from Covington, was being held in Houston County Jail until his first court appearance, which has not been scheduled.
The FBI said a Perry police officer saw Phillips’ red Chevrolet S-10 in the Holiday Inn parking lot around 7:30 a.m. and moments later saw him walking toward the pickup truck. The officer arrested Phillips without incident.
Phillips robbed the First Georgia Community Bank in Covington on Sept. 20, the First Tennessee Bank in Knoxville on Oct. 1 and again on Oct. 12, the SunTrust Bank in Suwanee on Oct. 24, the Tennessee Members 1st Federal Credit Union in Knoxville on Nov. 1 and again on Friday, and a bank in Warner Robins on Thursday, according to the FBI.
In each robbery, Phillips allegedly gave the bank teller a note demanding money and flashed a handgun that was in his waistband. Authorities called him the Grandpa Bandit because of his age.
Police and FBI agents are investigating whether or not the suspect is involved in other robberies in Tennessee and Georgia.

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