EAGER TO REPORT: Police were confused, because the man they arrested an hour after the robbery was wearing a red baseball cap, just like the one the actual robber had
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 05, 2019
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taichung police yesterday announced that they had caught a suspect within an hour of
Police officers yesterday investigate the scene of a robbery at a Yuanta Bank branch in Taichung’s Salu District. Photo: CNA
responding to a bank heist, but shortly afterward admitted to arresting the wrong man. Another suspect has since been arrested.
A middle-aged man wearing a red baseball cap and a dark jacket entered Yuanta Commercial Bank’s (元大銀行) branch in Taichung’s Salu District (沙鹿) at about 12:40pm yesterday, eyewitnesses said.
The man, who was wearing a mask and holding a large kitchen knife, shouted that he was robbing the bank as he leaped over the counter and threatened two bank clerks, the witnesses said.
Surveillance camera footage showed the suspect riding a bicycle to the bank and fleeing on the same bicycle. [FULL STORY]
