One Suspect in Custody after Attempted Robbery
Posted/updated on: July 2, 2011 at 4:35 pm
TYLER — Tyler Police have arrested a suspect believed to be involved in an attempted ATM robbery and are searching for two more suspects. William Alexander Walker, 22, Garland, was charged with unauthorized use of motor vehicle and evading arrest. It started Friday morning when officers were called to the Dove Tree Apartments, 1600 Rice Road Rice Road, around 3:45 on a report of a suspicious vehicle driving through the parking lot. Officers were told the driver had a bandanna covering his face.
Police found the described vehicle leaving the parking lot of American State Bank on Old Jacksonville Hwy with a large chain dragging behind. The three suspects ran into some nearby woods where Walker was taken into custody. Police are still seeking the identity and whereabouts of the two other suspects that got away. Officers also determined that the suspects had stolen the maroon Z71 pickup from Meadow Brook Apartments located at 4600 Paluxy. Charges were pending for the incident with the ATM.
