In Avon, bank robber might have used a road map
AVON - Eight officers descended on Avon Cooperative Bank, which is about 100 yards from police headquarters, within two minutes of a call that the bank was being robbed Oct. 15.
According to Police Chief Warren Phillips, three officers were in the station, three more were on a traffic detail on the street, and two were nearby in cruisers when the call came in. “When the dispatcher yelled ‘the coop bank is being robbed’ I jumped in my car, another officer ran over. . . others heard it on their radios,’’ said Phillips.
Police said they were met with an unusual sight: The alleged robber was standing in line to get more money from a second teller. Phillips said it was a scary situation. Sergeant George Houhoulis and others arrested Demetrius James, of South Carolina, on numerous charges.
