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Vigilant Bank Employee Alerts Law Enforcement as Robbery Suspect Enters Location, Officers Quickly Locate Suspect After Fleeing Location

Officer Daniel Strassenberg, Public Information Office

Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 2:26 p.m.

On March 5^th, 2025 SPD responded to 3000 South Grand Boulevard after 911 received a call from a bank. Employees observed a suspicious male wearing a ski mask enter the location with his hand in his pocket. The male did not display a weapon or make any demands before quickly leaving the location. Officers were already in the area after a 911 call advised of a male possibly casing a different bank.

The bank manager provided 911 with a vehicle description (white Toyota Camry) and license plate of the car the suspect male left in. The vehicle in question was found to be recently stolen. As officers quickly responded to the area, the stolen vehicle was found abandoned a short distance away after it fled at a high rate of speed. Additional calls came into 911 advising a male was running and shedding his clothing near the area where the vehicle was found. The male also discarded a gun as he was fleeing. The weapon was later found to be a replica BB gun.

As calls continued to come into 911 about the incident, officers located the suspect in the backyard of a residence. The resistive male was taken into custody without incident. Cody L. Burgess (33) was transported to the Spokane County Jail and booked on two counts of 1^st Degree Robbery, Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Resisting Arrest and 2^nd Degree Criminal Trespass.

The quick arrest of the robbery suspect was the perfect collaboration of bank employees, community members and fast response of patrol officers.

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