12-12-2008, 01:47 AM
Jeremy Maready, The Ledger wrote:
Stephenson's parole officer saw the robbery-surveillance photo and alerted Sarasota police.
A Sarasota police officer driving by a gas station spotted Stephenson pumping gas. "It was luck and good police work that they noticed him."
When Stephenson spotted the patrol car, he ran into the station's restroom and locked himself inside.
"After they talked to him a while, he came out."
He was convicted of two counts of armed robbery and one count of attempted armed robbery in 1992. In 2003, he was released and was given 11 years of parole.
He admitted robbing nine Central Florida banks in a two-month spree while he was on parole.
Edgar E. Stephenson, bank robber:
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Stephenson's parole officer saw the robbery-surveillance photo and alerted Sarasota police.
A Sarasota police officer driving by a gas station spotted Stephenson pumping gas. "It was luck and good police work that they noticed him."
When Stephenson spotted the patrol car, he ran into the station's restroom and locked himself inside.
"After they talked to him a while, he came out."
He was convicted of two counts of armed robbery and one count of attempted armed robbery in 1992. In 2003, he was released and was given 11 years of parole.
He admitted robbing nine Central Florida banks in a two-month spree while he was on parole.
Edgar E. Stephenson, bank robber:
Click here for the full story.
GOOD JOB DETECTIVE BOWERS AND RIFE!!