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Suspect in Bixby bank robbery in custody

Posted at 8:13 PM, May 19, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-26 07:51:57-04

BIXBY, Okla. - Police say the man suspect of robbing a bank in Bixby Thursday morning has been taken into custody.

Local authorities were able to track down Joshua Graston and take him into custody just before midnight at a Tulsa hotel. Robbery with a firearm and one count of child neglect charges have been filed against Graston.  

Around 11:30 Thursday Bixby police officers were sent on a robbery call at the Western Sun Credit Union near 117th Street and Memorial. 

According to the arrest report, Graston’s 2-year-old child was in the car while he allegedly stole a license plate and bought a black wig to wear during the robbery of the Western Sun Credit, implying he had a gun.

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