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Bluffs bank robbery suspect arrested

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June 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department says as a result of their investigation into a bank robbery that occurred late Monday morning, they were able to identify a suspect in the Robbery. The suspect, 52-year old Henry J. Godina, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody at approximately 2:27 p.m. in the 3000 Block of Ave H. Godina was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail for Robbery in the 2nd Degree.

Just after 10-a.m., Monday, officers were called to the U-S Bank at 2901 W. Broadway Street in Council Bluffs, where a robbery had just occurred. Officials say the suspect (later identified as Godina) entered the bank and proceeded to the teller window, where he produced a note demanding money and indicating that he was in possession of a firearm. The man received an undetermined amount of cash from the bank and fled the area in a Blue late 1990’s model Ford Expedition or Mercury Mountaineer.

Officials say this man, caught on surveillance video, was arrested & identified as Henry J. Godina.

Officials say this man, caught on surveillance video, was arrested & identified as Henry J. Godina.