MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) An Alabama man has been charged in a bank robbery on the Mississippi Coast, according to authorities. Jeremy Branch, 39, of Mobile, Alabama, arrested and was charged with armed robbery after being pulled over by an Alabama state trooper a few hours after cash was stolen from a credit union in Moss Point, Mississippi, the Sun Herald reported. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said a man entered the Mississippi bank on.
Mobile man in custody, charged with robbing Moss Point bank
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
MOSS POINT, Mississippi A 39-year-old Mobile, Ala., man is in custody after police say he robbed Singing River Credit Union via use of a fake bomb Friday afternoon.
Shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday, a white male walked into the credit union branch in Moss Point and handed a teller a note demanding money. He also had a small package which he placed on the counter, claiming it contained a bomb.
The teller complied with the suspect’s instructions and handed the suspect an undisclosed amount of cash before he fled the scene. All those inside the credit union were evacuated and police and bomb disposal personnel arrived on the scene, determining within an hour the bomb was a fake.