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Ex-wife dooms bank robbery suspect
August 19, 2004
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- A suspected bank robber's getaway was abruptly cut short by an unusual witness -- his ex-wife, authorities said.
Police accuse Daniel Waggoner, 31, of robbing a bank branch in a Kroger grocery store Tuesday. Police and witnesses said he passed a note demanding money, received cash from tellers and fled.
Detective Frank Hensley said Waggoner's ex-wife later saw him driving on state Route 122, and wondered what he was doing in Middletown.
''She is on her way to the bank at Kroger and sees his truck -- it's easy to spot. It's black with a chrome smoke stack,'' Hensley said.
When the woman reached the Kroger, she learned that the bank branch was closed because of the robbery.
She went to another branch and told the teller that her ex-husband had been in Middletown shortly after the robbery and that he had gotten out of prison a year ago after serving a sentence for bank robbery.
''She said he had no business being in Middletown, then she heard about the bank robbery and put it together,'' Hensley said.
The ex-wife identified Waggoner from a photograph taken by the bank surveillance camera, and police took Waggoner into custody.
AP
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Ex-wife dooms bank robbery suspect
August 19, 2004
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- A suspected bank robber's getaway was abruptly cut short by an unusual witness -- his ex-wife, authorities said.
Police accuse Daniel Waggoner, 31, of robbing a bank branch in a Kroger grocery store Tuesday. Police and witnesses said he passed a note demanding money, received cash from tellers and fled.
Detective Frank Hensley said Waggoner's ex-wife later saw him driving on state Route 122, and wondered what he was doing in Middletown.
''She is on her way to the bank at Kroger and sees his truck -- it's easy to spot. It's black with a chrome smoke stack,'' Hensley said.
When the woman reached the Kroger, she learned that the bank branch was closed because of the robbery.
She went to another branch and told the teller that her ex-husband had been in Middletown shortly after the robbery and that he had gotten out of prison a year ago after serving a sentence for bank robbery.
''She said he had no business being in Middletown, then she heard about the bank robbery and put it together,'' Hensley said.
The ex-wife identified Waggoner from a photograph taken by the bank surveillance camera, and police took Waggoner into custody.
AP
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