Bank Robbery Suspect Caught, Also Wanted For Robbing Two Fast Food Restaurants

April 1, 2010

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[Updated] The man responsible for a robbery at a Nine Mile Road bank on Wednesday and two fast food restaurant robberies earlier in the week is now behind bars.

bankrob.jpgRichard Andrew Ray, 37 of Pensacola was taken into custody in Mobile by a fugitive task force.

The latest robbery occurred just after noon Wednesday at the Bank of America at 31 East Nine Mile Road when a man walked in, handed a note to a teller, and fled with a handful of cash.

Ray acted as if he had a handgun, according to Sgt. Ted Roy, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office. The man fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of money and was last seen eastbound from the bank on a bicycle, Roy said. No one was injured in the robbery.

Ray is also wanted for  the Sunday night robbery of the McDonald’s restaurant at 123 East Nine Road and the Monday night robbery of the Arby’s Restaurant at 18 East Nine Mile Road. In both robberies, a while male entered and demanded money from the register while also displaying what appeared to be a handgun under his shirt.

bofa-11.jpgAll witnesses in the three cases identified Ray as the suspect  from a photo lineup, according to Roy.

Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620.

Pictured top: A bank robbery suspect receives an undetermined amount of cash during a Wednesday robbery of the Bank of America on East Nine Mile Road. Pictured inset: The man was wearing a shirt with a lizard design on the back. Pictured below: The man waits for the teller to read a note. Screen shots from surveillance video provided by the Escambia County County Sheriff’s Office for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge. 

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Comments

27 Responses to “Bank Robbery Suspect Caught, Also Wanted For Robbing Two Fast Food Restaurants”

  1. none on April 5th, 2010 9:13 am

    he looks like he’s on something

  2. bill, big b little ill on April 3rd, 2010 3:37 pm

    Lighten up John, I know Ray has no connection to Obama. This poor man has enough problems I don’t want to add more to him. As for Obama being president, he was elected and I hope the man gets his second term. That way when all this healthcare garbage comes into effect in his second term, then he will go down as the worst president in history. He already is in my eyes.

  3. John Parker on April 3rd, 2010 3:07 pm

    Correction to my earlier post. I mean it’s inane to make a correlation to this guy as working for President Obama.

    I originally said it was ridiculous to make a connection as bill, big b little ill did to the robber being friends with President Obama.

  4. John Parker on April 3rd, 2010 3:03 pm

    Yes bill, big b little ill I have made comments concerning the President and his decisions and about those who have led the country before. However I can’t say that I’ve made ridiculous comments on a news forum about a man being arrested for bank robbery and fast food restaurant robbery as a friend of President Obama. It just shows inane behavior to say something like that when it’s not related to the actual news story.

  5. Angi on April 3rd, 2010 1:00 pm

    Good Jobs Officers, for a job well done in capturing yet another criminal and getting them off the streets!

  6. RUSH OXYBAUGH on April 2nd, 2010 9:45 pm

    dang it another potential Palin voter busted. maybe he’ll get paroled by2012

  7. Dave on April 2nd, 2010 9:45 pm

    Richard,
    I knew you as a TOP employee of a national, well known company.

    I don’t know what you have been through, but I see it has sent you in the wrong direction.

    I know you are better then this action………..get through this, go forward and then move in the right direction.

    I will be hoping & praying for you.

  8. bill, big b little ill on April 2nd, 2010 8:14 pm

    come on now john, you have never joked about a president.

  9. John Parker on April 2nd, 2010 7:43 pm

    I can’t resist…bill, big b little ill…I’m SO glad you can only think of President Obama jokes…they are SO funny!!! NOT!!

  10. John Parker on April 2nd, 2010 7:33 pm

    Tell me William, you say in the rules no personal attacks. Do attacks or jokes about the President not apply to the rules because most readers are anti-Obama? I see other personal attacks on others with differing viewpoints on here that don’t abide by your rules that get posted.

  11. JJ on April 2nd, 2010 6:57 pm

    Go on….. take the money and ride your bike…
    Go on… take the money and ride your bike……

    Hmmmm… just doesn’t have the same ring to it….

  12. bill, big b little ill on April 2nd, 2010 5:30 pm

    yea sally, I think he works for obama.

  13. Sally on April 2nd, 2010 3:20 pm

    anybody know him?

  14. Sally on April 2nd, 2010 3:20 pm

    What a shame

  15. Elizabeth on April 2nd, 2010 2:17 pm

    I’ll take all your money and a side of fries.

  16. bill, big b little ill on April 2nd, 2010 8:14 am

    Must have been one of those 27 speed bikes, he blazes through the streets like a blurred vision so fast no one can see him.

  17. no to drugs on April 2nd, 2010 7:29 am

    Another case of robbing to get drug money????? Legal or street drugs!!!!Drugs, a major problem!!! Gang money, terrorist money, DESTROYS everyone’s live!!!!

  18. blondie on April 1st, 2010 11:55 pm

    all i can say is the cat got away on his bike…….

  19. K.B. on April 1st, 2010 11:37 pm

    The dude must really peddle fast! How in the world do you get away on a bike? Either he is fast, response was slow (which I doubt), or he had a near-by hidey-hole.

  20. Just Wondering on April 1st, 2010 11:02 pm

    Wow was this GANG related too?

  21. bill, big b little ill on April 1st, 2010 8:50 pm

    molinojim, I’m sure that the Obama admin, can find a place for him.

  22. molinojim on April 1st, 2010 8:14 pm

    Hey—give him credit for trying to improve his life. Hit the fast food places and use the money to buy a bike. Rob a bank and get more money and may be able to buy a car—next a house and so on. He was able to figure out that there was more money at a bank than at the fast food places. Upward movement—the American dream. Being able to rob and steal and he did this all without being a member of congress.

  23. Beegee on April 1st, 2010 7:59 pm

    Either way,you get the meaning!!!

  24. Beegee on April 1st, 2010 7:59 pm

    Sorry about the spelling of vacationing….guess it’s ’cause I am not perfect…..:)

  25. littleoldme on April 1st, 2010 1:50 pm

    vecationing?

  26. Beegee on April 1st, 2010 10:07 am

    Well,Beavis,you will be vecationing at the County Jail Hotel very shortly!!!!!

  27. bill, big b little ill on April 1st, 2010 4:21 am

    Don’t you just love those get-a-way bicycles, and the designer disguise sun-glasses