A western Iowa man wanted in connection with the Dec. 10th robbery of the Frontier Savings Bank in Council Bluffs, was arrested late Wednesday afternoon by Police in Lincoln, NE.  46-year old Dwight Rogers, of Council Bluffs, was arrested without incident on a Council Bluffs Police Department warrant for Robbery in the 1st  Degree. Rogers was being held at the Lincoln Police Department’s Jail, pending extradition back to Iowa.

Dwight E. Rogers

Rogers is alleged to have entered the bank located at 509 S. 23rd Avenue in Council Bluffs, at around 4:40-p.m on Dec. 10th.  As he approached the female bank teller Rogers asked “Are you all ready for Christmas”? At that point, he allegedly handed the teller a hand written note which demanded all of their money, and said not to set off any alarms. Rogers also produced what appeared to be a small caliber handgun and laid the weapon down with his right hand on the counter towards the teller.

He escaped on foot from the bank carrying a drawstring-type bag with an undetermined amount of U.S. currency.