Remaining Suspect In Violent Bank Robbery Linked To At Least 6 Robberies
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) - Two of the three suspects in last Wednesday's violent crime spree in Lakewood and Sheridan have now been apprehended.
CBS4 has learned that the remaining suspect has been linked as a suspect to at least six area bank robberies. All of those crimes occurred since April of this year. The first was April 17 in Arapahoe County at a Public Service Credit Union. The robbers wore masks and tried to get employees to open the vault.
Other robberies were at Wells Fargo on South Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood, in July at a First Banks in Denver. On Sept. 18 at a Wells Fargo in Wheat Ridge, Sept. 30 the U.S. Bank at 1415 Carr Street was hit, and then the First Bank at Jewel and Kiplilng last Wednesday.
Myloh Jaqory Mason remains at large. An affidavit for an arrest warrant claims he was involved in six violent bank heists that have netted a large amount of money.
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Last week the 1stBank at Jewell and Kipling in Lakewood was held up by three men wearing skeleton and "Scream" style masks. Video released from bank cameras shows the men entering the bank then two of them jumping over a desk where a female bank employee was hiding. She was injured while being ordered to assist in getting money from the vault.
The video shows at least one robber with a gun and a bag. They fled out the front door to a waiting car. After switching vehicles they got bogged down in a muddy field near Wadsworth and Kipling. Court documents say the car was rented by Mason's uncle who then gave the car to Mason to use. A receipt for bullets was found inside the car.
After the robbers abandoned the car a man in his 60s was carjacked and shot three times. The gunmen took the man's minivan and drove to Sheridan. There a woman and her daughter were injured when the suspected gunmen tried to steal their car. Miguel David Sanders, 28, was arrested a short time later hiding beneath a school bus outside Sheridan High School. (RELATED: Violent Past In Background Of Miguel Sanders)
The second suspect caught was Tyrone Javonne Richardson who was arrested in Aurora Tuesday afternoon after authorities received a tip.
Additional Resources
Lakewood police released the following information about the case on Tuesday morning:
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Mason's arrest. Anyone who feels they have information that would assist detectives in their investigation including the whereabouts of Mason is asked to call the Lakewood Police Department at 303-987-7111 or Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867).
CBS4's Rick Sallinger is a Peabody award winning reporter who has been with the station more than two decades doing hard news and investigative reporting. Follow him on Twitter @ricksallinger.
