Post by Roadhog on Jul 9, 2009 21:31:08 GMT 12
A male cross-dresser has been arrested following two bank robberies in Manawatu.
He was stopped in a car by police on Rangitikei Street in central Palmerston North shortly after a Kiwibank branch was robbed about midday today. A woman who was in the car with him was also arrested but has been released without charge.
The man, wearing a skirt and high-heeled boots, made off with about $800, Central Districts police communications manager Kim Perks said.
A Kiwibank branch in Goodbehere Street, Feilding, was also robbed late last month by a man "easily mistaken as a female" with long dark hair and high-heeled boots.
The woman, 44, had been spoken to by police but would not face charges, Ms Perks said.
A 34-year-old Marton man would would appear in Palmerston North District Court tomorrow facing two counts of robbery.
A woman was also being spoken to by police, Ms Perks said.
He was stopped in a car by police on Rangitikei Street in central Palmerston North shortly after a Kiwibank branch was robbed about midday today. A woman who was in the car with him was also arrested but has been released without charge.
The man, wearing a skirt and high-heeled boots, made off with about $800, Central Districts police communications manager Kim Perks said.
A Kiwibank branch in Goodbehere Street, Feilding, was also robbed late last month by a man "easily mistaken as a female" with long dark hair and high-heeled boots.
The woman, 44, had been spoken to by police but would not face charges, Ms Perks said.
A 34-year-old Marton man would would appear in Palmerston North District Court tomorrow facing two counts of robbery.
A woman was also being spoken to by police, Ms Perks said.
He wasnt very clever, he forgot to shave!