Traffic stop ends with discovery of drugs, weapons and an arrest in Phoenix

• Police found drugs and weapons after a traffic stop in Phoenix, Arizona.
• A man was arrested after fleeing with a woman when he was ordered to stop traffic in Phoenix.
• The woman would have been released after the discovery of drugs after the traffic stop in Phoenix.

A routine traffic stop in Phoenix,

Arizona, ended with the discovery of drugs and weapons in a car, where one of its occupants was arrested.

The newspaper AZ Family reported Friday that a man was arrested after police found a variety of drugs and weapons in his vehicle in Phoenix, Arizona.

As explained by the aforementioned newspaper, Phoenix police were investigating drug activity near 19th Avenue and Bell Road, when officers stopped a car that was leaving the area around 8:00 p.m. Tuesday.

When officers approached the car, AZ Family added, the driver sped up and fled the site. Later, officers located the car, which crashed into another car near 27th Avenue and Beardsley Road, the newspaper said.

After the crash, the two people who were traveling in the car, a man and a woman, fled on foot, but they managed to be captured and arrested.

The Phoenix Police Department reported on his account at Facebook that upon inspecting the car they found two pistols, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and M30 pills.

 

Although police said in the post that the couple was detained, AZ Family reported that the woman was later released.

But the other occupant, identified as Antonio Márquez-Carras, 34, does remain under arrest.

AZ Family detailed that Márquez-Carras was arrested for possession of weapons, escaping from the police, failing to remain at the scene of an accident, possession of narcotics for sale, possession / use of weapons in a drug offense, and transportation / sale of dangerous drugs.

In the Facebook post, police said that, thanks to the arrest, «multiple weapons, dangerous drugs and a drug dealer are off the streets of Phoenix.»

FBI Wants ‘Too Tall Bandit’ Accused of Robbing 16 Banks in Three States

FBI Agents They are looking for to a masked suspect nicknamed the ‘Too Tall Bandit’ who is being accused of robbing several banks in the United States.

USA Today reported late Thursday that the FBI is on the trail of an alleged serial bank robber dubbed the ‘Too Tall Bandit’, who wears a Halloween mask and allegedly robbed 16 banks in three US states since 2009.

Citing the FBI, the aforementioned newspaper indicated that the most recent assault by the ‘Bandit Too Tall’ was in Etowah, North Carolina, on November 27.

The suspect usually wears skull-patterned masks and has taken up to two years off between robberies, the FBI said.

According to USA Today, FBI officials describe the ‘Too Tall Bandit’ as a white male, in his 40s, possibly with brown eyes. It weighs between 210 and 250 pounds and stands up to six and a half feet (almost two meters) tall.

When robbing banks, the suspect wears a costume, with dark clothing, gloves, boots or shoes and a Halloween-style mask, authorities said.

But there is a specific characteristic by which the suspect could be recognized even more.

The FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee, wrote on Twitter this Thursday: “The ‘Too Tall Bandit’ is wanted for at least 16 bank robberies in the Carolinas and Tennessee. He is heavily disguised, but you may recognize how he walks. He has a limp that affects his right leg. He is considered armed and dangerous. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI if you have a tip. »

USA Today noted that the FBI has been pursuing the assailant for a long time.

The FBI office in Charlotte, the newspaper added, announced this week that the thief «has struck again» and that he may be 6.6 feet tall. And he also detailed that he speaks «with a deep voice.»

Media reports cited by USA Today have described the suspect as possibly even taller. The New York Post described him this week as a 6.8-foot (2.07-meter) man.

USA Today detailed that the ‘Too Tall Bandit’, with a gun in his right hand, has walked behind or jumped over the cashier’s counter during all of his Tennessee bank robberies.

The assailant told the bank employees to remove the cash from a vault and ATM drawers and put it in a backpack. Before escaping, he told them to throw themselves on the ground.

USA Today reported that the first alleged robbery was committed at a bank in White House, Tennessee, in 2009. And since then it has robbed 10 banks in Tennessee, five in North Carolina and one in South Carolina.

The FBI continues to work with state and local law enforcement authorities to find the ‘Bandit Too Tall’.

To get him arrested, federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $ 15,000 for anyone who gives information about the suspect.

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