Urbandale man accused in Madison County bank robbery charged
April 10th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) – An Urbandale man accused of robbing a central Iowa bank at gunpoint has turned himself in to authorities. The Des Moines Register reports 35-year-old Hussam Fayiz Abusharkh turned himself in Thursday to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. He is charged with first-degree robbery. Abusharkh could also face federal charges in the case. He is being held at the Madison County Jail on $100,000 bond.
Sheriff Jason Barnes says deputies were dispatched March 25th to Farmers and Merchants State Bank in St. Charles on a report of a man with a handgun ordering employees to fill a bag with money.