Two Arrested for Cushing Bank Robberies

NACOGDOCHES � Two men are custody in connection with two bank burglaries in Cushing, the most recent of which occurred last Friday morning. Will Thacker and Emanuel Griffin, both of Alto, were booked in to the Nacogdoches County jail on two charges each of burglary of a building, according to Sheriff Thomas Kerss. In addition to burglarizing the bank Friday, the men are believed responsible for a similar burglary last week of the same Cushing bank, the sheriff said.

�At approximately 3:30am (Friday), the alarm activated at the bank in Cushing,� Kerss said, referring to a branch of Longview Bank and Trust. �This same bank was burglarized about a week ago.� As deputies responded to the alarm, officer Ben Curtis spotted a silver extended-cab Toyota Tacoma pickup leaving the Cushing area. The vehicle matched the description of the suspect vehicle used in last week�s burglary of the same bank, Kerss said.