Two Men Arrested In Connection With Bank Robbery

FAYETTEVILLE - Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with Wednesday's Arvest Bank robbery on Garland Avenue.

Marcus L. Green, 32, 1665 Boxley Ave., was arrested in connection with felony aggravated robbery and two counts of felony theft of property.

Fayetteville police believe Green was the man seen on Arvest Bank's surveillance video pulling a .22-caliber handgun on a teller and demanding money early Wednesday evening.

Green fled on foot northbound with more than $3,000 in cash across the adjacent Harps Food Store parking lot, according to a police report.

Investigators received several tips following the release of Green's picture from the bank's surveillance video. Green was pulled over on a traffic stop Thursday evening and taken into custody.

Green confessed he robbed the bank at gunpoint with a gun he borrowed from a friend, identified as Dellemond Cunningham, according to the police report.

Police arrested Cunningham, 30, 1662 Dawn Drive, during a separate traffic stop Thursday night. Cunningham was arrested in connection with aggravated robbery, theft of property, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm and simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, all felonies.

Cunningham admitted he served as the robbery getaway driver and provided the weapon used in the robbery, said Lt. Jaime Fields, head of Fayetteville police's Criminal Investigation Division.

The investigation was a joint effort between Fayetteville and Springdale police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fields said.

Springdale police also arrested the men in connection with theft of property, stemming from a separate investigation.

Green and Cunningham remained in the Washington County Detention Center on Friday awaiting a bond hearing.

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Comment by Durdy Redd on August 16, 2008 at 10:43am: I never condone anything such as robbing banks or doing any kind of crimes, but right now its hard out here. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to eat. Instead of trying to put them away for like 20-30 years, maybe they need to figure out the motive of the robbery.

Comment by Josh D. on August 16, 2008 at 11:22am: good point but aint nobody ever gon listen until america crash and burns, then maybe people are gonna wake up.........

Comment by Jay Reid on August 16, 2008 at 1:42pm: Yea shit is trill out here and I dont see it getting any better so this little incident is nothing. The rich live lavishly and the poor has to struggle to eat and its crazy. U cant trust nobody so If u do have to rob a bank or whatever I suggest u do it alone but Im not supporting crime Im just saying.........

Comment by ORANGE MOUND VET.AKA MR.22 SHOTS. on August 17, 2008 at 12:55am: I AGREE WITH DURDY REDD AT LEAST THESE ROBBED A BANK INSTEAD SOME REGULAR PERSON OUT HERE STRUGGLIN LIKE THE REST OF US BUT THEM CRACKER'S AIN'T HEARING WHY THEY DID IT THEY GONNA THROW THE LIBRARY AT THEM FA REAL.

Comment by Tekina on August 17, 2008 at 2:58am: Shits finna get really real.

Comment by bizzybee on August 17, 2008 at 3:06am: tekina.....shit been real!!!!!

Comment by Im His Mrs.Mainstar on August 18, 2008 at 2:44am: YEAH IT IS HARD!........ BUT NIH'S PUT YO PLANS TOGETHER!....... MAN DONT JUST WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY MAN LETS ROBB A BANK.....BIG DUMMY!
U CAN TELL DEM NIH'S ON SUM CRACK ROCC THEY WANNA GET HIGH!