HAINES CITY, FL. – Thomas Wayne Ricks, 55, has been arrested on charges of robbery with a weapon and robbery with a mask. Both of these offenses are first-degree felonies.
Ricks entered Citizens Bank & Trust, 36250 U.S. 27, after 11 a.m. on Monday.
With his hand in his waistband to insinuate that he was reaching for a weapon, Ricks told the teller to give him money, so that no one would “get hurt”.
He was given cash and left the scene in a white Chrysler minivan. Ricks was arrested on Wednesday afternoon at his home on Watson Lane and transported to the Polk County Jail.
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