GREENDALE, Ind. (WTHR) - State police arrested a man and woman near Indianapolis Thursday night in connection with a bank robbery in Greendale in Dearborn County.
Edward Collier, 44, and Rheonia Jackson, 24, both of Indianapolis, were arrested after a traffic stop on Interstate 74.
According to state police, a man entered the US Bank on Ridge Avenue in Greendale around 1 p.m. Thursday, displayed a handgun and demanded money from the bank teller. The teller gave the man an unknown amount of cash and he left the bank. Police described him from surveillance images as a black male wearing a hat, glasses, fake beard, gloves, and a coat depicting playing cards.
Investigators learned that he may have left in an orange Dodge Charger with a sunroof and rear spoiler, and that he may be traveling to Indianapolis.
Shortly after 4 p.m. a trooper saw an orange car approaching Indianapolis on I-74 and stopped it, detaining the man and woman inside while detectives connected them to the robbery.
Anyone with any additional information about the bank robbery should call the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post at (812) 689-5000 or the Greendale Police Department at (812) 537-1321.
