Monday, May 6, 2013
Authorities say the man robbed Bank of America on Cortez Road shortly after 11 a.m. Monday; within 10 minutes, he was pulled over and arrested.
Deputies apprehended a man Monday who they say minutes earlier robbed a Bradenton bank while armed with a large knife. The man parked his car in a handicapped parking spot in front of the Bank of America, 3401 Cortez Rd. W., around 11:03 a.m., the Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports. He entered and informed tellers he was robbing the bank, showing them a large knife that had been partially concealed at his side, according to the report. The man demanded money and was handed over a small sum, authorities said. No one was injured. A witness who works for the bank's security service called in the robbery, then began discretely following behind the man's getaway car, the sheriff's office said. At 11:12 a.m., the man, identified as 31-year-…
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Bank of America
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Detectives are investigating this morning's robbery.
A man got away with an undisclosed amount of money during a bank robbery this morning at First Bank, 415 53rd Ave West. At about 9:20 a.m. a man walked into First Bank and gave the teller a note demanding money. The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect is described as a white man in his late 40’s, around 6-feet tall, with a thin build and short hair, was wearing dark blue shorts and a dark colored polo shirt. He walked out of the bank and drove away in a pick-up truck. His vehicle is believed to be a late model black or brown Ford pick-up truck with an extended tail gate and tinted windows. No one was injured in the robbery. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Manatee County Sheriff…
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415 53rd Ave W, Bradenton, FL
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Monday, June 4, 2012
A Bradenton man arrested on bank robbery charges shortly after leaving the Bank of America parking lot.
UPDATE: Emanuel Paredes (driver of car) was taken into custody and interviewed regarding the robbery. He was later released and will not be charged at this time. The investigation continues. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office made a quick arrest after a noon bank robbery today, thanks to a well-trained teller and a robbery suspect who left their bank bag on the front seat of the get-away car, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's report. According to the report: The robbery took place at the Bank of America, 4545 W 14th St., after Mackenson S. Lecompte, 22, handed the teller a bank bag and ordered her to fill it with money. As she filled the bag, she also hit the robbery alarm. Lecompte took the bag full of money bag and ran out of the…
Saturday, June 2, 2012
The pair are accused of robbing two Manatee County banks in May.
After leading law enforcement on a high speed chase in Sarasota, a father and son have been charged with two Manatee County bank robberies using a syringe. Brent Leroy Henson, 51, of Sarasota and his son Brandon Lee Henson, 18, also of Sarasota, have been charged with two counts of armed robbery. Bradenton Police Detective Greg Price who is assigned to the F.B.I.’s Violent Crimes Task Force received a tip over the weekend about the two Sarasota men involved in the two Manatee County bank robberies. The robber was armed with a syringe when he held up the Chase Bank in Bradenton on May 18 and the Iberia Bank in Manatee County on May 25. Price discovered the suspects near University Parkway Friday afternoon and evening. At about 7:30 p.m. …
Monday, May 21, 2012
The man's image was caught on bank video.
Bradenton Police are looking for help in identifying a bank robber caught on video Friday at the Chase Bank, 4915 Manatee Avenue East. The bank was robbed on Friday after a man came into Chase Bank wearing a medical mask. He asked about opening a checking account. He then displayed a medical syringe with a liquid inside of it and demanded money from the teller while making threatening remarks towards the employees. The man fled the area with an undisclsed amount of cash. He is described as a white man, 6-feet tall, 150 to 160 pounds, with dark hair, wearing a white long-sleeved button down shirt, blue jeans, black shoes, white baseball cap, black sunglasses and a white medical mask. The Bradenton Police is asking anyone with information …
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Dennis R. Perry, 60, lives in a mobile home park across the street from the Cortez Road West bank, according to the sheriff's office.
A Bradenton man has confessed to Friday's robbery at First Bank after several calls from residents led investigators to him, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office reported. Dennis R. Perry, 60, a resident of the Orange Grove Mobile Park across the street from the bank at 2412 Cortez Road West, was arrested Sunday after several residents saw his picture in surveillance footage and contacted the sheriff's office. When Perry gave investigators permission to look inside his trailer, according to a news release, they found money, sunglasses, a black hat and black shoes with white stripes that matched the description of the suspect during Friday's robbery, in which a man made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Perry initially denied …
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First Bank
2412 Cortez Rd W, Bradenton, FL
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
After a day of searching, the Manatee County Sherrif's Office arrested Troy Sandifar for Tuesday's First Bank robbery.
After a day of searching for a bank robber, the Manatee County Sherrif's Office arrested Troy Sandifar for Tuesday's heist at First Bank. Manatee deputies say they got an unlikely tip, as Sandifar's wife, Afra Sandifar, is the one who turned him in after seeing security video of the robbery on the evening news. Troy Sandifar was watching it too, and he retrieved money from under a fake fireplace in the living room and fled the apartment in a Silver Cavalier. As he was fleeing the house he told his wife he was going to kill himself, according to a report from the sheriff's office. That's when Afra Sandifar informed police that her husband was the suspect in the robbery at First Bank, 4601 Manatee Ave. W., the report states. A few minutes …
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First Bank
4601 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton, FL
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
First Bank, 4601 Manatee Ave. W., was robbed Tuesday by a man with a note, the sheriff's office said.
A Manatee Avenue West bank was robbed Tuesday morning, and the suspect is still on the loose, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said First Bank, 4601 Manatee Ave. W., was robbed at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday and that the suspect fled the scene with an undetermined amount of money. A witness told officers he saw the suspect run south on 46th Street West and go between two houses in the 600 block, according to Road Patrol Lt. William Vitaioli of the sheriff's office. Sheriff's deputies and K9 units searched the home and found a white shirt in the front yard that matched the description of what the suspect was wearing, Vitaioli said. Authorities were not sure if the suspect -- described as a 30- to 50-year-old white …
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First Bank
4601 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton, FL
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Bee Dee
10:22 am on Friday, May 10, 2013
Anyone know what is going on at this guys house? Many cops been there since Wed. and they are taking everything out of the house. Huge dumpster more ›