IMBODEN — Lawrence County sheriff deputies arrested a man 11 minutes after authorities said he robbed the Citizens Bank at Imboden on Friday, Sheriff Jody Dotson said.
Police arrested Randall Morris of Ravenden after a teller called police at 2:56 p.m. Friday to report that the bank had been robbed.
The teller gave a description of the robber and said he drove away in a white car.
A bank camera video of the robbery showed that the robber did not use a weapon, Dotson said. He jumped over a counter and “started grabbing cash,” Dotson said.
A deputy who was near the bank at the time spotted a car matching the getaway vehicle’s description and stopped it at 3:07 p.m. in Ravenden, Dotson said.
Authorities arrested Morris and found a “large sum of money” in the car, Dotson said.
A check of the vehicle’s license plate revealed that it had been stolen in Randolph County, the sheriff said.
Morris was taken to the Lawrence County jail in Walnut Ridge.
Arkansas, Pages 18 on 07/22/2012