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Tulsa Police capture suspect in Mannford bank robbery after chase in N Tulsa

Posted at 5:48 PM, Jan 19, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-20 09:03:14-05

UPDATE - The Tulsa Police Department identified the woman accused of robbing a bank in Mannford Thursday as Rebecca Reed.

Police started chasing a vehicle that matched the description of the suspect vehicle in a robbery at American Heritage Bank around 3 p.m. Thursday. Officers stopped the car with spike strips around Oswego St. between Harvard and Yale around 7:30 p.m.

Authorities were investigating a bank robbery with a female suspect on the run and they had a strong description of her car and a partial tag.

A Mannford Police Department spokesperson said the bank was robbed in mid-afternoon.

In their investigation, they produced footage of the alleged suspect, a female with long black hair in a black tank top. The suspect was last seen traveling eastbound on Highway 51 in a gray late-model four-door automobile, possibly a Toyota Camry. Tulsa Police spotted the car about 7:15 p.m. and began the pursuit.

Police say the suspect at the Gilcrease Division where authorities from the FBI and Creek County are questioning her.

 

 

 

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