Bank robber expected to plead guilty Tuesday

Local News

January 5, 2012

By JIM HARDIN Herald-Banner Staff The Zope Gazette Thu Jan 05, 2012, 02:59 PM CST

Royse City — A man whose mother contacted the FBI after seeing his pictures on a bank robbery suspect website is expected to plead guilty Thursday to federal charges involving bank robberies in Rockwall, Garland and Quinlan.

According to court documents, Anthony Blue is scheduled to enter the guilty plea Tuesday in a Dallas federal court to an indictment charging him with the June 14 robberies of State Bank of Texas in Garland and Community Bank in Rockwall, and the July 8 robbery of American National Bank in Quinlan.

The criminal complaint against Blue stated that Georgette Burger contacted the Dallas FBI office on Aug. 12, reporting that she had visited the bandittracker.com website and believed her son robbed the Garland and Rockwall banks.

Bandittracker.com is a website that provides bank surveillance photos of bank robbery suspects and some written details of the robberies.

An FBI agent and a Garland Police Department officer visited the mother and her husband, Craig Burger, on Aug. 15. Officers showed the couple bank surveillance photos of all three robberies. The Burgers agreed that the man identified as the robber was their son, according to the criminal complaint.

The criminal complaint added that the young man’s father, David Blue, also confirmed that the suspected bank robber was his son.

The criminal complaint dated Sept. 23 stated that at 10:20 a.m. June 14, a man entered State Bank of Texas in Garland and handed a note to a teller. Written on one side of the note was, “No alarm all the money now 15 seconds then bad will happen hurry 9mm in waist.” The other side of the note stated, “all the money now or else.”

The teller handed over $493.

The complaint stated that the man fled on foot. No vehicle description was given at the time. The teller gave the suspect an electronic tracking device that responding officers unsuccessfully attempted to locate.

Less than an hour later, the complaint stated, the Rockwall Police Department reported that a man robbed Community Bank at 201 E. Kaufman, across from the Historic Rockwall County Courthouse.

A “factual resume” document stated that the robber approached a teller at the Rockwall bank and told her, “Sorry it has to be this way.” He handed her a note that stated, “50’s and 100’s nobody gets hurt.”

The document stated that after the teller handed over $3,075, the robber apologized and left the bank.

Then, on July 8, a man entered American National Bank, 8908 Highway 34 South in Quinlan, approached a teller and presented a note that stated, “Empty Drawer 20’s, 50’s, 100’s, 5 seconds.” According to the court document, the man told the teller that he was sorry and that times were hard.

The teller emptied her cash drawer and handed over $5,234 to the man.

Text Only

Local News

2012 LIVE ELECTION BLOG NOW ACTIVE
Click the following link to get into the action.

May 10, 2012 1 Photo
Ringo named Royse City High School principal
Dr. Brent Ringo will begin new duties on July 1 as principal at Royse City High School.

May 25, 2012
Rockwall prepares for Patriot Half
About 700 runners from 115 cities, 12 states and the District of Columbia have registered to participate in a Memorial Day event that’s being tabbed as the largest road race ever held in Rockwall.

May 24, 2012
IH-30 overpass town hall meeting scheduled for May 31
A town hall meeting will be held on May 31 to give Royse City residents an opportunity to receive information, ask questions and provide input regarding the upcoming construction of the Interstate 30-Erby Campbell Boulevard overpass.
The meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church of Royse City, beginning at 7 p.m.

May 23, 2012
School board member retires, but pledges to ‘be around’
For the first time in about 13 years, Dr. Rhonda Phillips-Black is not a member of the Royse City Independent School District’s Board of Trustees.

May 22, 2012 1 Photo
Board meeting, a “tough night, exciting night ... a night of change”
A meeting of the Royse City Independent School District’s Board of Trustees last week was described as a “tough night, exciting night” as board members said “goodbye” to a retiring superintendent and a fellow trustee, and “welcome” to a new superintendent.

May 21, 2012 1 Photo
Tornado cleanup could continue with ‘day of volunteering’
Organizers who still are involved in tornado relief efforts in the Royse City area soon may issue a plea for volunteers to help pick up debris that covers a large area.

May 18, 2012
Branding Royse City is topic of city council presentation
City officials have taken a first step that could lead to branding Royse City.
That first step involved city council members listening to a presentation by Larry Lott, executive director of the Royse City Economic Development Corporation, during a May 8 city council meeting.

May 17, 2012
Royse City’s fire fighting Explorers win big at Fire Games
A five-member team from Royse City returned home from the 2012 Annual Explorer Fire Games with three first place trophies and third place overall.

May 16, 2012 1 Photo
Town hall meeting could be held this month to discuss overpass
City officials plan to call a town hall meeting this month to give Royse City residents an opportunity to receive information, ask questions and provide feedback regarding the upcoming construction of the Interstate 30-Erby Campbell Boulevard overpass.

May 15, 2012
More Local News Headlines

Local News

Search Results

Bank robber expected to plead guilty Tuesday

Site Map

Contact Us