{"id":317363,"date":"2026-06-23T21:53:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317363\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:53:27","slug":"driver-suspected-in-tallahassee-bank-robbery-arrested-new-details-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317363\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver suspected in Tallahassee bank robbery arrested, new details emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Police have arrested the driver suspected in a Monday bank robbery<\/a>, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

A Regions Bank on North Monroe Street was robbed around 9:15 a.m. on Monday. <\/p>\n

Court documents show a vehicle arrived at the bank with at least three people inside. <\/p>\n

The driver, identified as Brandon Dodson, did not leave the vehicle during the alleged robbery, according to arrest documents. <\/p>\n

The rear passenger went into the bank and took a deposit slip and pen from the counter near the teller queue, arrest papers said. The suspect allegedly wrote \u201cThis is a robbery\u201d and asked the teller to hand over money. <\/p>\n

The teller told police the suspect told him to put money in a black plastic bag he provided and not to look directly at him. The suspect was given $3,190 in cash. <\/p>\n

According to arrest documents, the teller was afraid the suspect was possibly armed, although he did not make any \u201covert movement\u201d to indicate he was.<\/p>\n

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Later, officers were able to identify the suspected vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. <\/p>\n

The third passenger, who has not been charged in connection to the robbery, told police Dodson was friends with the suspect, according to arrest documents. She said she believed the suspect had called Dodson the morning of the alleged robbery.<\/p>\n

Dodson drove the woman\u2019s car, picked up the suspect and drove him to Regions Bank \u201cat his request,\u201d per court records. She told police she believed the suspect was \u201ccashing an insurance check.\u201d Once back in the car, she told police the suspect paid Dodson $140. The woman told police they dropped the suspect off at an unknown location. <\/p>\n

Dodson told police he did not know the suspect, according to court documents. Officers asked Dodson to reveal his call logs, which he refused to do. <\/p>\n

Dodson is charged with accessory after the fact for his suspected role in transporting the suspect to and from the bank and allegedly receiving money from the suspect.<\/p>\n

The suspect who allegedly went into the bank to conduct the robbery was not identified in court records. Tallahassee police and the FBI\u2019s Jacksonville Office are investigating the case.<\/p>\n

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