One of three suspects wanted for robbing a bank in Nogales, Arizona, is reportedly in custody thanks to the help of Mexican authorities.
The robbery took place shortly after 3 p.m. on September 13 at a First Convenience Bank inside a Walmart, the Nogales Police Department said.
Francisco Javier Romo-Angulo was quickly identified as the suspect who took an undisclosed amount of money and left in a vehicle.
That vehicle was located by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office and the Arizona Department of Public Safety on Interstate 19.
“An attempt was made to make a traffic stop on the vehicle and a driver was subsequently taken into custody,” NPD said in a news release. It was later discovered that Romo-Angulo was not in the vehicle.
The arrested driver was identified as Stephen Patrick Bacon, 64, of Sonoita, according to the Nogales International newspaper. He was jailed on charges of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, failure to yield or stop for authorities and facilitating the commission of armed robbery.
Francisco Javier Romo-Angulo appears in a mugshot released by authorities. Nogales Police Department
Francisco Javier Romo-Angulo stole an undisclosed amount of money from a bank inside a Walmart. Nogales Police Department
Romo-Angulo, 31, of Nogales, was not detained until Sept. 16, police announced on Facebook. He allegedly placed an empty suitcase on the counter while demanding $45,000 from the cashier and threatening to shoot her if she didn’t comply, according to federal court records obtained by the Border Report news website.
Court records say security cameras at the Grand Avenue International Port of Entry captured video of the alleged thief walking toward Mexico 10 minutes later.
First Convenience Bank is located inside a Walmart.Google Maps
U.S. authorities reportedly asked Mexico for help in locating Romo-Angulo, who was detained in Nogales, Mexico. The US citizen was handed over to US authorities at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona.
Additional video showed the suspect, Bacon, and another man identified as Mark Smith arriving from Mexico to Nogales about 20 minutes before the robbery, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona told Border Report.
Smith was reportedly located and detained at the same time as Bacon. All three men now face charges of bank robbery.
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