Senior Citizen Charged In CUHeist

SEFFNER, Fla. - (10/31/05) -- A 66-year-old Tampa man was chargedwith bank robbery last week after he allegedly held-up the localbranch of GTE FCU. Freddy McCombs walked into the credit unionaround 1:40 pm Thursday and handed the teller a note demandingmoney, then took the cash and ran out of the branch, police said.He was captured a few blocks away without incident. He was chargedwith robbery and possession of drug paraphanelia.

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