Photo leads Wash. police to bank rob arrest
February 24, 2012
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SPOKANE, Wash.—Armed with a good surveillance photo and a little help from the neighbors, police in Spokane, Wash., made an arrest in a downtown bank robbery less than an hour after the crime.
KXLY-TV reports ( http://is.gd/9bFSQN) police arrested 49-year-old David Thometz across the street from the Washington Trust Bank branch -- in his room at a hotel.
After the Friday-morning robbery, police started showing a surveillance photo of the robber to people in the area. Those nearby pointed them to the hotel.
KXLY says records show Thometz was convicted of robbing a Sterling Savings Bank branch in downtown Spokane several years ago.
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