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Escambia Man Charged With Bank Robbery
October 20, 2022
An Escambia County man has been arrested for the robbery of a Pensacola bank on Tuesday.
Dwayne Carlton McDonald, 48, was charged with first degree felony robbery with a firearm and use of a firearm during a felony.
Investigators said McDonald was the man that walked into the Hancock Whitney Bank on Creighton Road near Davis Highway on Tuesday wearing a black ski mask, red jacket and a pair of sunglasses. He walked to the counter, said “this is urgent”, placed a gun on the counter, and demanded cash, according to an arrest report. The cash was placed in a white trash bag with a red drawstring.
He then allegedly walked to a maroon van parked nearby and fled.
Witnesses said McDonald is a regular customer at the bank, and they recognized both his “northern” accent and the Town Country van.
Wednesday, deputies conducted a traffic stop on McDonald as he was leaving his residence and found a white plastic trash trash bag with red drawstring, and he appeared to be wearing the same shoes as the bank robbery suspect.
Based upon information obtained during an interview with McDonald, deputies located a white trash bag in a dumpster at a liquor store in the 7400 block of Pine Forest Road. The bag contained the red jacket, black mask, gray t-shirt and black pants seen in the bank’s surveillance video.
Investigators later found the gun used in the robbery and recovered cash, an arrest report states.
McDonald remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $75,000.
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13 Responses to “Escambia Man Charged With Bank Robbery”
This guy did some Professional Wrestling in our local area—not big time like in the WWE or anything like that.
Do you remember him?
Think he will be able to wrestle his way out of this one.?
Cont…
Free medical. If you need psychiatric, physical exam, or your teeth pulled, or even a new pair of glasses, Federal Prison is the way to go….lol. they even have brand new colored tv’s, in your room. But, you know, there is always that very big and very real chance that on that very same day and very same hour that you choose to rob your favorite bank, (because THEY have those big red suckers that you like so much) that there just happens to be an off duty officer of the law there, who is an extremely accurate shot and drops you right where you stand, before you can get away or say “don’t shoot, I was just play’en”…. Oops, do over time….maybe.
I agree, he did seem as if he wanted to get caught. Federal food ain’t bad….lol.
No, but seriously though, it is a sad day when people start committing more and more crimes so they can go to prison for a certain amount of time to stay warm, get fed good, have many amenities, have a chance to learn another career choice, for free, and most of all,
Geez have a accent check
Bank here on the regular check
Drive a big red obvious van that belongs to me check
Have a unique body frame to match checkkkkkkk
What a fool what a fool
Kuddos to all officers & detectives in Escambia County Sheriff’s Dept.
Well it’s obvious he hasn’t been watching CSI, or any of the other cop shows out there.
Hey buddy, you’re not in New York anymore.
The teller should have said hello Dwayne is this an early Trick Or Treat since they all knew him.
McDonald remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $75,000. Maybe he can call his bank and arrange for bail…
It sounds to me that he wanted to get caught.
I was just thinking this guy needed money really bad and in a hurry!!! But I also think how stupid can you be to do it the way he did !!!!
Guess he didn’t think that one all the way through… Just thankful no one was hurt and he was caught and the money recovered.
I don”t condone what he did however it is sad a person has things going on in his life that robbing a bank would be the answer to his problems.