TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED FOLLOWING A BANK ROBBERY IN DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
POLICE SAY 35-YEAR OLD RONALD EDWARDS OF SIOUX CITY ENTERED GREAT SOUTHERN BANK AT 4TH AND PIERCE AROUND 3:40PM, MADE THREATENING REMARKS TO THE TELLER AND DEMANDED MONEY.
HE WAS GIVEN AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH, FLED ON FOOT AND WAS APPREHENDED A SHORT TIME LATER.
EDWARDS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY AND IS IN CUSTODY IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL.
A SECOND PERSON QUESTIONED HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED AT THIS TIME.
NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE ROBBERY.
Updated 6:05pm 3/31/21
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TWO SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY FACING CHARGES FOLLOWING A BANK ROBBERY IN DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
POLICE TELL KSCJ THAT THE TWO MEN ENTERED GREAT SOUTHERN BANK AT 4TH AND PIERCE AROUND 3:40PM, MADE THREATENING REMARKS TO THE TELLER AND DEMANDED MONEY.
THE MEN WERE GIVEN AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH, FLED ON FOOT AND WERE APPREHENDED A SHORT TIME LATER.
NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE ROBBERY AND THE SUSPECTS WERE BEING QUESTIONED AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
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