Late this afternoon, around 3 p.m. the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the Wells Fargo Bank, located at 1130 Homestead Road North, in reference to a bank robbery.
Due to the nature of the incident, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Robbery Unit was dispatched to the scene to assume the investigation.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a Hispanic male wearing all tan clothing and a sombrero type hat entered the business and handed one of the tellers a note demanding money. The teller complied with the demand and handed him an undisclosed amount of cash in a Wells Fargo envelope. The suspect then fled the area on foot.
During the search of the immediate area, Deputies located an individual fitting the suspect’s description and he was detained pending further investigation. Employees of the bank positively identified the subject as the person that robbed the bank. The money taken from the bank was located in the suspect’s pocket, still in a Wells Fargo envelope.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit responded to process the scene.
Probable cause was established for an arrest and the suspect was transported to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters building for positive identification and processing.