VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Friday, authorities arrested a robbery suspect accused of taking money at gunpoint from a bank in the Hilltop area.
In a June 18 tweet, police said they caught William Earl Matory, III, of Virginia Beach, after getting tips about the robbery from the public.
On June 14, Virginia Beach police said they were called just before 9:30 a.m. about a man that robbed a SunTrust Bank. This happened at the 711 First Colonial Rd. branch.
According to detectives, a 6-foot-1 man wearing dark shorts and a short-sleeved shirt (with tattoos on his arm) went inside the bank, pulled out a gun -- showing one of the employees -- and demanded the money.
Police did not say how much cash the robber took.
They said after he stole the money, he hopped in a vehicle that was waiting close by and left.
There were no reported injuries from the crime, police said.
The Virginia Beach Police Department worked with the Florence County Sheriff's Office in South Carolina to arrest Matory.
He was charged with robbery, two counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony, abduction and entering a bank while armed.
He's being held in the Florence County Jail until he can be extradited back to Virginia Beach for trial.
