The arrest was made following a SWAT call out Tuesday at the Franklin Commons Apartments, on Conover Drive in Franklin. The SWAT team and Franklin police were there to assist West Carrollton police in the investigation.
Police were able to narrow their search to a man in Apt. 577, who submitted to questioning and then was taken into custody.
The Farmers and Merchant Bank, 3235 W. Alex Bell Road, was robbed around 1:45 p.m. Monday.
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UPDATE @ 10:45 p.m.: The man arrested as a suspect in the Farmers & Merchants Bank robbery in West Carrollton on Monday is Gregory Martin, 34.
He is being detained in the Montgomery County Jail pending the filing of a felony robbery charge, according to online jail records. He also is awaiting a parole hearing, which has not been scheduled, according to the records.
UPDATE @ 5 p.m. (Nov. 18): Police have arrested the man suspected of robbing the Farmers & Merchants Bank, West Carrollton Police Chief Doug Woodard said.
Police are not releasing his name until he is booked into the Montgomery County Jail later this evening, Woodard said.
The arrest was made following a SWAT call out this afternoon at the Franklin Commons Apartments, on Conover Drive in Franklin. The SWAT team and Franklin police were there to assist West Carrollton police in the investigation.
Police were able to narrow their search to a man in Apt. 577, who submitted to questioning and then was taken into custody.
UPDATE @ 4:30 p.m. (Nov. 17): The man who robbed the Farmers & Merchants Bank possibly has red dye on his skin or his clothes.
The robber also got away with cash from the robbery on West Alex Bell Road.
Police describe him as white with a brown goatee, approximately 6-feet-1 inches tall, about 170 pounds and in his mid 30s. He was wearing blue jeans, black shoes, and a grey zip hoodie with white lettering across the chest.
His getaway vehicle is believed to be dark, four-door sedan bearing Ohio license tags. A partial ID on those tags is “GIM,” according to police.
If you have any information about the robbery or the suspect, you are asked to call West Carrollton police at 937-859-3688 or the department’s tip line at 937-859-7497.
FIRST REPORT
Police in West Carrollton are responding to a reported bank robbery this afternoon.
The Farmers and Merchant Bank, 3235 W. Alex Bell Road, was reportedly robbed at approximately 1:45 p.m.
Scanner reports indicate police are looking for a white male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt.