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East Charlotte arrest follows standoff tied to alleged $11,000 bank robbery
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested a person after an hourslong standoff in a neighborhood off Crestmont Drive. Investigators connected the operation to a reported robbery on Albemarle Road, where a suspect is accused of taking $11,000 from a bank.
CHARLOTTE — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested a person after an hourslong standoff in east Charlotte on Wednesday evening, in an operation tied to a reported bank robbery nearly three miles away.
Officers arrived around 5 p.m. in a neighborhood off Crestmont Drive, where multiple police personnel were seen entering a home. Police said the standoff was related to a robbery on Albemarle Road.
According to a police report, the suspect is accused of taking $11,000 in cash from a bank. Police had not publicly identified the person in the information available about the arrest, and no additional details about charges were provided.