Arrest in Friday robbery at Mt. P. bank

Staff report

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Charleston County Sheriff's Office

Lewis Gerald Thompson

MOUNT PLEASANT — Police have arrested a man suspected in last week's robbery of the Wachovia Bank on 507 Coleman Blvd.

Authorities took Lewis Gerald Thompson, 43, into custody late Tuesday on a charge of armed robbery, Mount Pleasant police Sgt. Steve Meadows wrote in a press release. Thompson, an Awendaw resident, was being held at the Charleston County Detention Center today awaiting a bail hearing.

Meadows said a man had entered the bank branch around 5:15 p.m. Friday and gave tellers a note threatening violence, but never showed a weapon.

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Tammie (anonymous) says...

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July 16, 2008 at 11:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

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Arrest in Friday robbery at Mt. P. bank

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