Credit: Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
First Piedmont Bank Robbery suspect's vehicle.
January 18, 2013
SPARTANBURG, SC -- A man is in custody after authorities say he robbed a bank in Spartanburg County Friday afternoon.
Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office investigators charged 35-year-old Phillip Norman Pontnak, of Charlotte, North Carolina, with bank robbery.
Master Deputy Kevin Bobo of the sheriff's office stated that deputies responded to First Piedmont Federal Bank, located at 2101 Boiling Springs Highway in Boiling Springs, at 2:45 p.m. Friday afternoon. According to Bobo, deputies met with a teller at the bank who stated that a man came in the bank and handed her a note demanding money. As the man left the bank, Bobo said that a bank manager saw the man get into a beige, four door Toyota Corolla with a North Carolina license tag.
Deputies in Spartanburg County discovered that the car the suspect was driving was registered to his father-in-law. The information was relayed to North Carolina authorities. Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department went to address where the car was registered to and spoke with Pontnak's father-in-law, who provided them with his name.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers spotted Pontnak driving the same vehicle at the intersection of Providence Street and McGee Street in the city limits. They conducted a traffic stop where they found the same coat that Pontnak was allegedly wearing in the back seat of the car, and it appeared he had shaved his mustache and goatee as he drove from Spartanburg to Charlotte.
Bobo said that Pontnak did not threaten the teller or display a weapon during the robbery.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have charged Pontnak with driving under suspension. He is currently being interviewed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officials and will be booked into their jail afterwards.
Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office investigators charged 35-year-old Phillip Norman Pontnak, of Charlotte, North Carolina, with bank robbery.
Master Deputy Kevin Bobo of the sheriff's office stated that deputies responded to First Piedmont Federal Bank, located at 2101 Boiling Springs Highway in Boiling Springs, at 2:45 p.m. Friday afternoon. According to Bobo, deputies met with a teller at the bank who stated that a man came in the bank and handed her a note demanding money. As the man left the bank, Bobo said that a bank manager saw the man get into a beige, four door Toyota Corolla with a North Carolina license tag.
Deputies in Spartanburg County discovered that the car the suspect was driving was registered to his father-in-law. The information was relayed to North Carolina authorities. Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department went to address where the car was registered to and spoke with Pontnak's father-in-law, who provided them with his name.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers spotted Pontnak driving the same vehicle at the intersection of Providence Street and McGee Street in the city limits. They conducted a traffic stop where they found the same coat that Pontnak was allegedly wearing in the back seat of the car, and it appeared he had shaved his mustache and goatee as he drove from Spartanburg to Charlotte.
Bobo said that Pontnak did not threaten the teller or display a weapon during the robbery.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have charged Pontnak with driving under suspension. He is currently being interviewed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officials and will be booked into their jail afterwards.
