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Well-dressed bank robbery suspect foiled by text
[June 17, 2009] DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) -- A man wearing a suit and driving a BMW tried to rob a Boston-area bank at gunpoint but was foiled when an employee texted another branch for help, police said Tuesday. Dedham Police Lt. Bob Nedder said Delroy George Henry, 34, of Boston, walked into a Citizens Bank just as it opened Tuesday and pulled a pellet gun on employees.
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Henry pretended to be withdrawing money from an ATM then forced his way in the bank when an employee walked inside and ordered employees to try to open the locked vault, Nedder said. In the confusion, one of the workers sent a text message to the manager at the nearby Norwood branch, who alerted police. Officers working a road detail just 100 yards away responded within seconds and arrested Henry as he left the bank. "He threw his gun in the trash and walked away as if he was just conducting regular business," Nedder said. Henry is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday after Nedder said he suffered non-threatening, self-inflicted injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital. Police said they don't know if Henry has hired an attorney yet. No employees were hurt in the alleged robbery attempt. The BMW is not registered to him and investigators are trying to determine if it's his. |
