A lookout for a suspect involved in a Topeka bank robbery was under way in Lawrence on Thursday evening, but the search ended more than 200 miles west of here instead.
After a U.S. Bank branch in Topeka was robbed after 4 p.m. Thursday, a Topeka police dispatcher said officers were looking for a blue Volkswagen Jetta that had a license plate registered to an address in Lawrence. Police were also looking for an Asian male in his 20s as a suspect in the robbery at the bank, 1064 SW Wanamaker Road.
Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence police spokesman, said at 5 p.m. Thursday that Lawrence detectives were watching to see whether the vehicle returned to the city.
Topeka police said later Thursday night that the car had been stopped and suspects apprehended by the Kansas Highway Patrol in Ellis County. Agents from the Topeka branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will continue investigating the case.
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OldEnuf2BYurDad 1 year ago
Someone from Lawrence committing crimes in Topeka? Surely they jest.
bniccole 1 year ago
what year jetta?
buffalo63 1 year ago
Chances are the plate was stolen. We had ours taken off our vehicle parked in the driveway while we were gone. Replaced with an outdated one, but we just happened to noticed it when we pulled into the drive.
topeka52 1 year ago
Would you guys keep your criminals in Larry, we don't need anymore over here.
somebodynew 1 year ago
Well, you do have that right topeka52. You have more than your share, but we are a giving, sharing kind of place - - - you know "share the wealth".... :)
none2 1 year ago
Everybody knows that KCK and Topeka are the breeding grounds for crime, so interest criminal types from outside those areas, they like to go there much like a prospective student might want to come to Lawrence to check out KU.
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