Crime & Safety
Deputies Nab BB&T Bank Robbery Suspect
The man was caught shortly after the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office released surveillance photos June 11.
The man with the gold van wanted in connection with a recent robbery at BB&T Bank in Carrollwood is now in police custody.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office officials say they made an arrest in the robbery Tuesday, June 11.
Jeffery John Bilger, 43, of 14704 Penguin Place in Northdale was taken into custody shortly after deputies released surveillance photos of a June 7 robbery at the 15312 N. Dale Mabry Highway BB&T Branch. Deputies said the man in the robbery might be connected to a May robbery in St. Petersburg. He was said to have driven a rather distinctive gold van to the Carrollwood crime scene.
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Deputies say Bilger was linked to the crime through forensic evidence. They wouldn’t elaborate on what that evidence is.
He was arrested “without incident,” Det. Larry McKinnon wrote in an email to media.
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Bilger has been charged in connection with the Carrollwood bank robbery and is now being held at the Hillsborough County Jail on $100,000 bond.
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