Jeffersonville bank robbery suspect arrested

Brooke McAfee, The Evening News and the Tribune, Jeffersonville, Ind.
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May 27—JEFFERSONVILLE — The Jeffersonville Police Department has arrested a suspect in the robbery of a Chase bank on East 10th Street this morning.

Derek Staser, 46, of New Castle, is in police custody on a robbery charge, according to JPD Lt. Isaac Parker.

Police were dispatched to the Chase Mortgage at the corner of East 10th Street and Springdale Drive around 9 a.m. this morning.

The suspect was the first customer of the day and reportedly gave a note demanding money to a teller at the bank. There was no indication that the suspect was armed with any weapons, according to Parker.

The suspect took the money and fled the bank. Parker said a deputy with the Clark County Sheriff's Office heard the description of the Staser on his radio and called JPD after locating someone who matched the description.

JPD officers apprehended Staser a couple blocks away from the bank at East 10th Street and Sharon Drive.

"When he robbed the bank, he did obtain an undisclosed amount of money, and a portion of that money was recovered," Parker said.