Crime & Safety
Alleged Business-Casual Bandit Arrested For Bell Road Bank Robbery
A man wearing a black ball cap, a dress shirt, but no mask robbed the Bell Road Fifth Third Thursday.
ANTIOCH, TN — A man looking like he was ready for Casual Friday a day early robbed the Bell Road branch of Fifth Third Bank Thursday, according to Metro Police. The FBI arrested a suspect in Murfreesboro Thursday.
Shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday, the robber, a white man in his 50s, handed a teller an envelope on which he had written his money demand. The teller complied and the robber fled the bank with cash. No weapon was seen.
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The suspect wore a black ball cap, white dress shirt, dark pants and gloves. Metro Police announced on Twitter Frida morning the FBI arrested a suspect in the robbery.
BREAKING: John Allender, 61, arrested by FBI Violent Crimes Task Force in Murfreesboro for Thur's robbery of 5/3 Bank branch on Bell Rd. pic.twitter.com/Evjduus34q
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) August 11, 2017
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