BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT CAUGHT QUICKLY

AUTHORITIES MADE A QUICK ARREST FOLLOWING A BANK ROBBERY SATURDAY MORNING IN SINGING HILLS.

SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY A MAN ARMED WITH A GUN CONFRONTED AN EMPLOYEE AT THE HERITAGE BANK AT 4530 SINGING HILLS BOULEVARD AS SHE WAS OPENING THE BANK JUST AFTER 7:30AM.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT DEMANDED MONEY AND LEFT WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH.

THE SUSPECT WAS SPOTTED A SHORT TIME LATER IN SERGEANT BLUFF AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY OFFICERS. THE MONEY WAS RECOVERED ALONG WITH THE HANDGUN.

26 YEAR OLD JOHNNIE HAWKINS JR. OF SIOUX CITY IS CHARGED WITH 1ST DEGREE ROBBERY, FELONY ASSAULT AND FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.

HE'S IN CUSTODY IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT.