He was being held in the Franklin County jail last night and is expected to be arraigned this morning. He left after the bank teller gave him an undisclosed amount of cash. With a description of the robber and his car, police quickly converged on the area, just west of Cleveland Avenue. I think we spooked him,'' said Officer Bobby Diamond. Police say the bank robber went into the Rite Aid store at 2100 E. Dublin-Granville Rd.
Employees say the man carried a shopping bag into the restroom.
They suspected he was a shoplifter when he left the store without the bag and wearing different clothes, said Sgt. Employees, who declined comment yesterday, questioned the man as he was leaving. Seeing nothing stolen from the store, he was allowed to go. They called police after finding clothing, a toy gun and cash stashed inside a toilet tank and diaper-changing table in the restroom. The toilet tank, stuffed with the bag, had overflown onto the floor.