Kenneth Lloyd Adams, 29, of Cleveland, has been identified as the main suspect in a July 3 bank robbery in Shepherd.
According to San Jacinto County Criminal District Attorney Bill Burnett, officers investigating the robbery of First State Bank of Shepherd recovered clothing and identification at an overgrown lot in Cleveland last Monday.
“In the shorts was a wallet with [Adams’] driver’s license and a business card from his parole officer,”� said Burnett.
Burnett stated that the officers found a shirt and a pair of shorts that they believe may belong to Ada
ms or one of the other bank robbery suspects.
Shoes were also recovered and the shoe print appears to match the one taken from the bank, according to Burnett.
“We recovered it from a chair that he used to jump over a counter to get to the bank tellers,”� said Burnett. “Another way that we have been able to identify him is that he identified himself to Jay Estes of Peoples State Bank. He left there, apparently was uncomfortable and went directly from there to First State Bank.”�
Burnett added that “a very astute bank teller”� at Peoples State Bank wrote down the license plate number of the alleged getaway car when she became concerned about the man’s behavior.
The DA’s office also has photos taken from surveillance cameras at Peoples State Bank that show the man at Peoples State Bank wearing the same clothing as the alleged robber.
Not long after the robbery, Cleveland Warrant Officer Zack Harkness also stated that police received a tip that the alleged suspect m
ay have been hiding in a hotel or motel in the Cleveland area.
“I checked every hotel in Cleveland and some in Liberty County and didn’t find him,”� said Harkness.
An arrest has not been made at this time. Authorities are still investigating.
Burnett urges people to use caution if they know the whereabouts of Adams.
“Do not approach him yourself. Consider him armed and dangerous,”� said Burnett.
