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Hunter Chafin,
19, was arrested on Friday on suspicion of stealing $3,350 in
cash from a bank in Eureka Springs. After the robbery, he took a
taxi about 40 miles (65 km) to Bentonville, where he had
arranged before the robbery to buy the motorcycle from a young
man, police said
As Chafin arrived at the home, so did local police Corporal
Steve Vera, who was in uniform and helping his son, who owned
the Honda motorcycle, make the sale, police said.
Police said Chafin paid for the taxi with $150 in cash taken
from the robbery and bought the bike for $2,900 in cash. He had
negotiated the price down from $3,200 originally sought by the
seller.
A few minutes after the sale was complete, Vera received a call
that Chafin was a suspect in a bank robbery, and arrested him
about 4 miles (6.5 km) from his house, Bentonville Police
spokesman Gene Page said.
"It was a series of bold steps that really did not pan out for
the suspect," Page said.
There was no lawyer listed for Chafin in online arrest records.
No one was injured in the robbery and police said the remaining
$200 he had left in cash from robbery was recovered on the
suspect as well as a note used in the robbery.
(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Frances Kerry)
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