Paris Police responded to a panic alarm/robbery at Liberty National Bank, 305 Lamar Ave, at 2:41 P.M. on August 22, 2019.
“While responding, a patrol officer observed an individual matching the description given by the victims, running between houses between Houston Street and Price Street and gave chase,” said Officer Garrett.
The suspect was apprehended in the back yard of a residence on E. Price Street.
38 year old Christopher David Gandy, last known address in Detroit, was arrested and admitted to officers that he was the suspect.
“Gandy walked in to the bank and handed a teller a note that stated that he had a bomb connected to his phone (at an unknown location but) at a school,” said Garrett, “the teller gave Gandy the cash in the till.”
Gandy left the scene and was located within a block of the bank.
Officers located and recovered all of the cash.
Gandy told officers that the bomb was a hoax.
Gandy was later transferred to the Lamar County Jail awaiting arraignment.
