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Three apparent Good Samaritans who gave police the description of a bank robber who held up a bank in North Augusta last month and a description of the getaway vehicle wound up in jail themselves, police said.
The Good Samaritans witnessed the bank robber take off running from the Wachovia Bank on Georgia Avenue the afternoon of Oct. 8 and called police to give them the vehicle description and license plate number of the car, but what they didn't say was that they watched the man drop the bag full of money on the sidewalk after the red dye pack exploded, staining the cash, and took the money for themselves, said Detective Tim Thornton, a North Augusta Public Safety spokesperson.
Christopher J. McDowell, 19, of Robin Road in North Augusta; David A. Terrell, 19, of White Pine Drive in North Augusta; and David S. Young, 19, of Mountside Drive in North Augusta, are each charged with receiving stolen goods.
Investigators said the three 19-year-old men figured the police would assume the suspect had gotten away with the money and then grabbed what cash they could.
Investigators said all three teenagers picked up the money, but Terrell told the others he did not want to have anything to do with the money and left.
Young and McDowell then exchanged the dyed money for quarters at a car wash at Pisgah Drive and Five Notch Road and then took those quarters to a West Martintown Road bank, where they exchanged the change for cash, police said.
"Then one of them got a conscience and came clean about what they did," Thornton said.
Police said McDowell came forward on Oct. 30., two days after the accused bank robber, Sherrod Jarvis Miller, was arrested in Georgia. Police in Atlanta spotted the car that the three teens said the bank robber was driving and detained him, officials said.
After McDowell came forward, Thornton said, the others also confessed to their parts in the crime.
"The more we talked publicly about what a big help they were, the more (McDowell) apparently felt guilty," Thornton said.
McDowell and Young spent the money over the next couple of days, police said.
All three were charged and released on bond.
Contact Karen Daily at kdaily@aikenstandard.com.
11/5/2009 9:41 PM
5 comment(s) on this story E-mail this story to a friendThree apparent Good Samaritans who gave police the description of a bank robber who held up a bank in North Augusta last month and a description of the getaway vehicle wound up in jail themselves, police said.
The Good Samaritans witnessed the bank robber take off running from the Wachovia Bank on Georgia Avenue the afternoon of Oct. 8 and called police to give them the vehicle description and license plate number of the car, but what they didn't say was that they watched the man drop the bag full of money on the sidewalk after the red dye pack exploded, staining the cash, and took the money for themselves, said Detective Tim Thornton, a North Augusta Public Safety spokesperson.
Christopher J. McDowell, 19, of Robin Road in North Augusta; David A. Terrell, 19, of White Pine Drive in North Augusta; and David S. Young, 19, of Mountside Drive in North Augusta, are each charged with receiving stolen goods.
Investigators said the three 19-year-old men figured the police would assume the suspect had gotten away with the money and then grabbed what cash they could.
Investigators said all three teenagers picked up the money, but Terrell told the others he did not want to have anything to do with the money and left.
Young and McDowell then exchanged the dyed money for quarters at a car wash at Pisgah Drive and Five Notch Road and then took those quarters to a West Martintown Road bank, where they exchanged the change for cash, police said.
"Then one of them got a conscience and came clean about what they did," Thornton said.
Police said McDowell came forward on Oct. 30., two days after the accused bank robber, Sherrod Jarvis Miller, was arrested in Georgia. Police in Atlanta spotted the car that the three teens said the bank robber was driving and detained him, officials said.
After McDowell came forward, Thornton said, the others also confessed to their parts in the crime.
"The more we talked publicly about what a big help they were, the more (McDowell) apparently felt guilty," Thornton said.
McDowell and Young spent the money over the next couple of days, police said.
All three were charged and released on bond.
Contact Karen Daily at kdaily@aikenstandard.com.
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5 comment(s) on this storyGlass houses : 11/8/2009
....He who is without sin cast the first stone. Don't we all make mistakes... In this economy, and three young men. The moment, the money, the mistake..... I have made more than my share of them..... Haven't we all, at some time in our life?
Like anyone would believe the robber. : 11/6/2009
These boys did what was right after doing something bad. Isn't that what we are suppose to do?
guilty or scared? : 11/6/2009
They felt guilty because they were about to get caught since the Robber was arrested. Soon as the money was not recovered, someone would be looking for it!
not all bad : 11/5/2009
This boys have learned a lesson I think. I bet they walk the straight and narrow from now on. I am glad that they heard from their inner voices! I do not mean they should go unpunished.
: 11/5/2009
Wow it does exist. people feeling guilty because of what they done.. I think i need to reread this to make sure i read it correctly.
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