Police have made an arrest in connection with multiple Wilmington bank robberies.
The Wilmington Police Department charged Elijah Muhammad McFarland, 37, on Thursday with two counts of armed robbery, according to a Thursday news release.
Police were dispatched to the Wells Fargo located at 590 S. College Road around 10:53 a.m. Thursday after McFarland allegedly approached a teller and passed a note demanding money, the release said. No weapon was shown.
The teller then handed over the cash, and McFarland allegedly left in a red Lincoln sedan. Someone got the vehicle tag and was able to provide it to police, the release said.
McFarland was last seen Tuesday night on Crabapple Road in Winnabow.
Aubrey Leanne McFarland and Elijah Muhammad McFarland.
Brunswick County Sheriff s Office
McFarland was traveling in a burgundy 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser with the license tag number TCY-9075. A similar vehicle is shown below.
Family members said he told them he was going to California with his daughter, according to the Brunswick County Sheriff s Office.
The sheriff s office said an off-duty Nashville Metro police officer assisted with finding the suspect vehicle after a citizen called in a tip.
McFarland was taken into custody.
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BELLE MEADE, Tenn. (WECT) - A fateful stop at a Nashville McDonaldâs led to a chain of events that helped Tennessee law enforcement find a missing four-year-old Brunswick County girl at the center of Wednesdayâs nationwide Amber Alert.
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