FLORIDA TODAY
A 45-year-old wheelchair-bound man who allegedly robbed a Space Coast Credit Union branch on Merritt Island this afternoon was arrested minutes later near the parking lot of a FLORIDA TODAY office a block away from the bank, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said.
Merritt Island resident Christopher Reed was arrested about 4:20 p.m., about 10 minutes after the bank was robbed, according to investigators.
Investigators said Reed, who is a paraplegic confined to a motorized wheelchair, entered the bank on the 400 block of Fortenberry Road on Merritt Island, and demanded money, after telling the employees that he was armed with an explosive device.
“He left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money,” according to Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Vic DeSantis.
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