COVINGTON, Ky. — Covington police have arrested the man responsible for a Sept. 26 robbery at a U.S. Bank, Lt. Col. Justin Wietholter said.
James Stratman, 22, of Newport, was arrested Wednesday after detectives received a tip about the suspect of the robbery.
Police responded around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 to a Covington U.S. Bank on Madison Avenue. When officers arrived, video footage showed that the suspect had fled the scene.
On Oct. 5, Covington detectives received a tip from a local business referencing a man that matched the description of the suspect from the robbery. Those detectives located Stratman and he was interviewed by detectives and the FBI.
Stratman is currently being held at the Kenton County Detention Center on multiple charges. He has been charged with robbery in the second degree, fleeing or evading police in the first degree and receiving stolen property of $10,000 or more.
Wietholter said the fleeing charge stems from a vehicle pursuit that Stratman engaged in an hour after the bank robbery, and the receiving stolen property charge is because the vehicle he used to commit the robbery was stolen.
He is being held on a $25,000 cash bond.
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