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Man and woman from Georgia charged with robbing central Iowa bank

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November 21st, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A man and woman from Georgia are in custody after a bank robbery in West Des Moines. West Des Moines Police say a bank near the Jordan Creek Shopping mall was robbed late Wednesday afternoon and a suspect and a getaway vehicle were identified. State Troopers stopped the vehicle on Interstate-80 near Anita, more than 50 miles from the bank.

A man and woman from a county in the southwest Georgia were arrested. The man has been charged with first degree theft and second degree robbery. The woman has been charged with aiding and abetting those crimes. Both are being held in the county jail in Adel since the bank was in Dallas County.