Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.com | - Man Arrested For Robbing Local Bank

Man Arrested For Robbing Local Bank

By Rashi Vats

Posted: Nov 20, 2009 4:05 PM

CORPUS CHRISTI - A bank robber is now behind bars after robbing a local bank.

Forty-two year old Fred Simmons, walked into the Wells Fargo on Leopard and Carancahua around 3:30 Thursday afternoon and handed a teller a note demanding cash. Simmons left but was arrested in a matter of minutes thanks to an alert meter reader.

Employees told the meter reader what had happened and he spotted the crook and told police where to find him.

Bike patrol officers arrested him about three blocks away.

Not registered? Enter your information. You will be sent a confirmation email.

Display Name:
E-mail:

I want to post without creating an account.

Your Comments:

Remember Me E-mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant. Inflamatory or offensive comments will be removed. Email addresses are NEVER displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

New users will be sent an email to confirm their comments. If you choose to create an account, a subsequent email will be sent with a password to login. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and it will automatically be made a link. Paragraph and line spacing is automatically maintained, so there is no need to use <p> or <br /> tags. All other HTML tags are removed, including <img>.