Thursday, July 06, 2000
Suspect can't buy a haven
Worker hides him, then tells police
By Earnest Winston
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MIDDLETOWN — A maintenance worker who agreed to hide a bank robbery suspect in a shed in exchange for cash Wednesday afternoon directed police to the 25-year-old man shortly afterward.
Police arrested Jeremy Barker of Franklin for allegedly robbing the Fifth Third Bank inside Kroger on Towne Boulevard. Officers responding to a bank alarm obtained a description of the suspect and a vehicle description. After police spotted Mr. Barker's vehicle in the parking lot of Towne Mall, the suspect led them on a chase.
A few minutes later, police said, Mr. Barker crashed his car on Cincinnati-Dayton Road. He ditched his vehicle and ran through a wooded area, losing police, and eventually made his way onto the property of Bavarian Woods Apartments.
That's when Mr. Barker approached a maintenance worker, who told police the suspect offered him money to hide him inside a maintenance shed.
Police would not identify the worker, but a manager at Bavarian Woods Apartments identified the man as Ed Johnson. Police said he is not in any trouble for hiding the suspect.
“He's the one who took us to the guy. He did an outstanding job,” said Maj. Mike Bruck of the Middletown Police Department.
Maj. Bruck said Mr. Barker passed a note to a bank employee and threatened to use a weapon, though none was seen. Police planned to search the suspect's vehicle Wednesday evening for a weapon.
Authorities charged Mr. Barker with aggravated robbery. More charges could follow, Maj. Bruck said.
Police would not say how much money was taken during the robbery or if any was recovered.
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