Man held in Capital Bank robbery
By Wes Wade | (wes.wade@thedailytimes.com)
Authorities have made an arrest in connection to the Wednesday afternoon robbery of the Capital Bank on Foothills Mall Drive in Maryville.
Timothy Lee Inman Jr., 37, of Deer Run Road in Maryville, was arrested Friday evening in the parking lot of the Maryville Walmart, located at 2410 U.S. 411 S., according to a news release from the Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Inman is currently being held at the Blount County Justice Center without bond.
The arrest is the result of cooperative efforts of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF), composed of the FBI, the Knoxville Police Department (KPD), and Knox County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), in conjunction with the Maryville Police Department (MPD) and the Blount County Sheriff’s Office.
Inman is believed to be the man who entered the Capital Bank, located at 403 Foothills Mall Drive in Maryville, at around 4:10 p.m. Wednesday. An employee at the bank told police that a man walked up and asked her “Can you cash this for me,” according to a Maryville Police report. When the employee looked down to see what the man had given her, she saw it was a note demanding money. She advised police that the man kept his hand in his jacket pocket and acted as if he had a weapon.
The employee gave the man an undisclosed amount of money and the subject fled on foot. He was last seen heading down Howard Jones Road towards Highland Acres subdivision, the report said. A Blount County K-9 deputy responded to the scene and in an attempt to track the suspect, which was unsuccessful.
Authorities said they anticipate Inman to appear before the United States District Court in Knoxville on Monday.
