Arrest made in Charleston bank robbery

Charleston police arrested a woman Wednesday night in connection with a bank robbery earlier in the day in Kanawha City.

Police told MetroNews they believe the woman drove the getaway car for the man who robbed the Fifth-Third Bank at about 2 p.m.

Officers took the woman into custody in the Wheeler Ridge subdivision in Hurricane at around 7 p.m. She had been house sitting for her sister at a residence on Linden Lane. Police were still looking for the man involved in the robbery late Wednesday night.


Police towed a blue Altima believed to be the getaway car away from the Hurricane area residence. The woman is in the South Central Regional Jail and will be arraigned Thursday morning.