{"id":1326230,"date":"2024-05-30T07:08:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1326230"},"modified":"2024-05-31T16:42:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T21:42:27","slug":"suspected-bank-robber-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1326230","title":{"rendered":"Suspected bank robber arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1326231\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/LufkinBankRobber-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/LufkinBankRobber-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/LufkinBankRobber-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/LufkinBankRobber.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>LUFKIN &#8212; Lufkin Police arrested Robert Harris, 47, of Center, following a bank robbery and chase. Harris was taken into custody around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. 69 south. According to Lufkin Police, the incident began at 1:10 p.m. when Harris entered Cadence Bank on Brentwood Drive and handed a teller a note demanding money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, he fled on foot across Whitehouse Drive to the Belk Department Store parking lot, where he left in an older-model green Toyota Tacoma, according to a witness.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 minutes later, officers spotted Harris&#8217;s vehicle on Casey Road and initiated a pursuit which continued through the Fuller Springs area and onto U.S. 69 South. The pursuit, reaching speeds up to 70 mph, ended near Garrison Drive after a Lufkin Police officer performed a PIT maneuver, stopping Harris&#8217;s vehicle.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Harris was arrested without further incident. The stolen money was recovered. Officers noted that Harris was wearing an ankle monitor at the time of his arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUFKIN &#8212; Lufkin Police arrested Robert Harris, 47, of Center, following a bank robbery and chase. Harris was taken into custody around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. 69 south. According to Lufkin Police, the incident began at 1:10 p.m. when Harris entered Cadence Bank on Brentwood Drive and handed a teller a note demanding money. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1326230\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suspected bank robber arrested<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1326232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/LufkinBankRobber-150x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Suspected bank robber arrested","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1326230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 19:38:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/LufkinBankRobber-150x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Suspected bank robber arrested","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1326230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326233,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326230\/revisions\/1326233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1326232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1326230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1326230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1326230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}