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Suspected bank robber arrested

Suspect caught riding bicycle near crime scene

Updated: Friday, 12 Mar 2010, 6:08 PM EST
Published : Friday, 12 Mar 2010, 6:08 PM EST

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) - A suspected bank robber is under arrest, following at hold-up in South Kingstown Friday morning.

Police say a man walked into the Citizens Bank on Main Street around 9 A.M. Friday, and passed the teller a note demanding cash.

A short time later, a suspect was arrested while riding a bicycle on Columbia Street.

He's identified as 24-year-old Harley Traverse of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Police tell us Traverse had cash and a note on him when he was caught.

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