COVINGTON — A Kenton County Sheriff's deputy figured two suspicious characters might have robbed a Cincinnati bank on Friday.

        That's because one of them blurted out they just had.

        The incident started about 3:30 p.m., police said, when Richard ""Ricky” Kidd, 37, walked into the Firstar Bank at the Chiquita Center downtown and announced a robbery. Mr. Kidd's female companion was at the counter trying to write a check on her account when he walked into the bank.

        Investigators say Mr. Kidd walked up to the woman and announced the robbery a second time. The man took an undetermined amount of cash and the two left the bank together.

        Col. Ron Washington of the Kenton County Sheriff's Office said the two left their car on Fort Washington Way and took a cab to another Firstar Bank in Covington. The woman tried again to withdraw money out of her account but had insufficient funds.

        The two then left that bank — there was no robbery attempt - and headed toward the county building on Court street where the Kenton County Sheriff's Office is located.

        That's when Deputy David Dungan was headed out for his shift and noticed the woman was distraught and possibly having a panic attack. He called an ambulance, thinking she might need medical help.

        “She screamed out, "We just robbed a bank!,'” Col. Washington said.

        Realizing a robbery in Cincinnati had occurred shortly before, Deputy Dungan took the two into custody. After an investigation that included Cincinnati police and the FBI, Mr. Kidd was charged with one count of robbery.

        The unidentified woman was not charged.

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