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Out Of Century CI Just A Month, Man Busted For Bank Robbery
December 5, 2011
A man that took a cab for his getaway car after robbing a bank last week was released from Century Correctional Institution less than a month before his arrest.
Darrel Ward, 27, was released from Century CI on November 1 after serving his sentence for a 2008 Escambia County conviction on charges of providing false information to a pawnbroker and fleeing or eluding law enforcement.
Ward walked into the Member’s First Credit Union on Airport Boulevard last Thurday, passed a note to a teller demanding money and alluded that he had a weapon, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. After the teller gave Ward an undisclosed amount of cash, he fled in a cab.
The cab driver said he dropped Ward off in the 700 block of Ladner Drive in the Marcus Pointe subdivision. Off duty deputy Troy Brown saw Ward jumping the back fence of Sam’s Fun City. Ward was taken into custody with incident. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail on robbery and larceny charges with bond set at $105,000.
Sheriff’s K-9 units were able to recover a bag of money behind Sam’s Fun City and the Rave Theater.
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4 Responses to “Out Of Century CI Just A Month, Man Busted For Bank Robbery”
Don’t be so hard on the young man, he found an enviroment he was comfortable in, He just wanted to go home.
Proof positive that simply spending time with a bunch of failed criminals does not teach one how to become a successful criminal.
Maybe he just didn’t want to leave his buddy’s behind and felt this was a way to return to the CI. Bad news fellow, I think you are on the federal level now, No more Century CI, you have made the big time.
I am guessing that he did not become fully rehabilitated while in prison. More prayer, more knee time with the Lord, and giving God his battle can make a big difference.