Skiatook Police Division
On Could 18, Tulsa Hearth Division Captain Jerry Brown was taken into police custody for crimes relating to 2 totally different financial institution robberies carried out in Oklahoma over the past three months. The primary of those robberies occurred on March 12 on the Oklahoma Capitol Financial institution in Skiatook, Oklahoma. The second occurred on Could 7 on the Alternate Financial institution in Sperry, Oklahoma.
Right here’s what that you must know:
Brown Allegedly Stole & Hid Property Value $57,000
Tulsa Hearth DivisionBrown (R) poses in 2016.
In response to KJRH, Brown was charged with financial institution theft and knowingly concealing stolen property price an estimated $57,000. Brown was detained by Tulsa Police at a hearth division facility earlier than the Skiatook Police Division took him into custody on Monday night. The division plans to move Brown to Osage County on Tuesday morning. The second theft remains to be underneath investigation by the neighboring Sperry Police Division and federal expenses could also be introduced by the FBI within the coming days.
In response to WSOC-TV, Skiatook police started investigating Brown after receiving a collection of telephone calls about his enterprise actions. The FBI turned concerned shortly after. Officers consider that Brown labored alone, based on KJRH.
Brown joined the Tulsa Hearth Division in 2002 and labored for town for 17 years. In an announcement, a spokesperson for the fireplace division confirmed Brown’s arrest, including,
[t]he Tulsa Hearth Division takes allegations of this sort very significantly and is totally dedicated to working with legislation enforcement as they proceed to analyze this matter. The Tulsa Hearth Division holds our accountability to the residents of Tulsa in excessive regard. We frequently try to supply the very best life security, incident stabilization and property conservation providers within the Tulsa neighborhood. We anticipate our staff to behave in a way that constantly builds upon public belief we now have labored so onerous to acquire.
Brown might be positioned on administrative go away till the matter is resolved. The assertion didn’t comprise details about the second theft, which remains to be underneath investigation by the Sperry Police Division.
Oklahoma Police Launched Images of the Suspect Following the Robberies
In {a photograph} from the scene launched by the Skiatook Police Division after the primary theft, a big man wearing a hooded black jacket, tan pants, gloves, sun shades, and a ski masks carries a black bag into the Oklahoma Capitol Financial institution in Skiatook. Police described the suspect as 6′ to six’2″ and 200 to 250lbs and the suspect car was described as an “early to mid 2000s silver in shade Chevy or GMC 2 door pickup.” The outline, which was posted to Fb, inspired viewers to get in contact if they’d any info.
Practically two months later, the Sperry Police Division reported a financial institution theft of its personal. The division launched pictures on Fb depicting a big man in a darkish button-down shirt, tan pants, ski masks, and baseball cap carrying a black bag. Police additionally launched a photograph of the suspect’s car, which seems to be a silver 4-door Chevy with tinted home windows.
The publish doesn’t recommend that the theft might have been carried out by the identical suspect concerned within the Skiatook heist two months earlier. Every of the robberies occurred between eight and 10 am.
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