Affidavit Reveals Bank Robbery Possibly Was Inside Job
LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) - A teller at a Longmont bank said a robber tied him up and got away with a lot of cash. Now it turns out that the teller may have been in on the crime.
The affidavit in the case spells out how police investigators uncovered the robbery plot.
The assistant manager from the Academy Bank inside a Walmart store on the 2500 block of Main Street appeared in court Tuesday along with the man who he told police had threatened him with a bowie knife and bound him with duct tape before robbing the bank.
The arrest affidavit says after police found the two in Greeley, police recorded what they say is a bank robbing duo talking about the caper and where they hid the money.
In court the judge agreed with prosecutors that Alan Monje, 22, deserves the same $100,000 bond as Frank Gutierrez, 22, because Monje used his position at the bank to orchestrate the robbery.
The affidavit says Monje told investigators the robber with a knife forced him to open the bank vault and turn off the alarm. The robber then told him to fill a backpack with only larger bills before being hog-tied and left on the office floor.
Police say they became suspicious because of inconsistencies with statements from another bank employee, so police followed Monje after the interview. The investigator says Monje drove to his home in Greeley where Gutierrez was apparently waiting. The duo drove to a dumpster at Gutierrez's apartment where police later found discarded duct tape.
After listening to a recorded conversation between the men, police say they found the stolen money hidden in Gutierrez's apartment.
