FBI and Eugene Police Arrest Bank Robbery Suspect

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on March 1, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

Less than an hour after a bank robbery on Feb. 28, 2017, a Eugene police officer spotted Roderick Jay Wilson, age 48, walking a few blocks away from the bank. Wilson matched the description of the man who entered the Banner Bank, located at 169 W. 6th Avenue, at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday and demanded cash. After talking to Wilson, the officer detained him until FBI agents arrived and took Wilson into custody.

FBI agents arrested Wilson and obtained a federal criminal complaint charging him with bank robbery. Wilson is also a suspect in an attempted bank robbery on February 24th in Florence, Oregon.

Wilson will make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate at the U.S. Courthouse in Eugene on March 1st at 2 p.m..

All defendants should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)