Washington police issue arrest warrant for bank robbery suspect
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Washington police are seeking a Washington County man on charges he robbed a Tylerdale bank of more than $400 less than a week ago.
District Judge Robert Redlinger signed an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Francis N. Falcon, 36, in connection with a robbery on Friday at Washington Financial Bank on East Wylie Avenue. Francis’s last known address was in Morris Township.
City police said in court papers that a man, later identified as Falcon, allegedly made off with $440 after he approached a teller at about 4 pm. with a note demanding that she give him $100 bills and keep quiet.
The teller handed him the $100 and $50 bills she had in her drawer.
“When (Falcon) saw there were only of few of each, he directed (the teller) to to give him everything in her drawer,” Lt. Daniel Stanek wrote in charging papers. Falcon then told her “to hurry and not say anything,”
Falcon allegedly left on foot. Court papers make no reference to Falcon having a weapon while he allegedly committed the robbery.
Police posted a photograph from bank surveillance on the department Facebook page, garnering multiple tips naming Falcon as the person in the picture. A tattoo visible on his neck matched one in other pictures of Falcon that Stanek reviewed.
A state parole officer tasked with supervising Falcon in a previous case helped to identify Falcon as the person in the footage.
Police also reviewed footage from two nearby businesses as part of the investigation. Footage from McCarrell’s Tax Service on Allison Avenue allegedly show an older-model Hyundai with paint damage circling the area during the robbery and passing near Falcon as he flees.
Footage from Neal Funeral Home, which is on the same block as McCarrell’s, allegedly shows the same car dropping Falcon off in the funeral home’s parking lot and later picking him up after the robbery.
Court papers describe the driver as a white man who hasn’t been identified.
Falcon faces charges of robbery, theft and conspiracy. Court papers don’t list an attorney for him.