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Rufus Foy Nabbed By Alert Officer After Bank Robbery
posted July 23, 2004
A city patrolman helped capture a bank robber Friday afternoon.
The Chattanooga Police Department and the FBI are investigating the robbery that occurred just after noon.
It happened around 12:15 p.m. at the SunTrust Bank at 2201 E. 3rd St.
Police said a lone black male entered the bank posing as a customer. The black male approached the counter and handed the teller a note stating that she was being robbed.
e never showed a weapon.
The teller took the money from her cash drawer and gave it to the robber. The robber then left the bank on foot.
Ten minutes later, while officers were canvassing the
r
area, a very alert patrolman, with the assistance of some concerned citizens,
spotted a man matching the robbers? description, police said.
The officer tried to talk to the black male, but he tried to elude police by running. A short distance later he was taken into custody, with the bank?s money still tucked inside his clothes.
The suspect is Rufus Armstrong Foy, Jr. He is a black male in his 50?s.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_53266.asp
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Rufus Foy Nabbed By Alert Officer After Bank Robbery
posted July 23, 2004
A city patrolman helped capture a bank robber Friday afternoon.
The Chattanooga Police Department and the FBI are investigating the robbery that occurred just after noon.
It happened around 12:15 p.m. at the SunTrust Bank at 2201 E. 3rd St.
Police said a lone black male entered the bank posing as a customer. The black male approached the counter and handed the teller a note stating that she was being robbed.
e never showed a weapon.
The teller took the money from her cash drawer and gave it to the robber. The robber then left the bank on foot.
Ten minutes later, while officers were canvassing the
r
area, a very alert patrolman, with the assistance of some concerned citizens,
spotted a man matching the robbers? description, police said.
The officer tried to talk to the black male, but he tried to elude police by running. A short distance later he was taken into custody, with the bank?s money still tucked inside his clothes.
The suspect is Rufus Armstrong Foy, Jr. He is a black male in his 50?s.
