Photo by Amy Smotherman Burgess
A suspect in the robbery of the Clayton Bank and Trust at 620 Market Street is detained in a Knoxville Police Department cruiser on Friday.KNOXVILLE - Federal authorities are praising Knoxville police for their quick work in arresting a man this afternoon on charges of robbing a downtown bank minutes earlier.
Nicholas Wayne Sandlin, 62, was arrested by Knoxville police in the armed robbery reported at 1:58 p.m. at the Clayton Bank branch, 620 Market St., according to a news release from the FBI.
Sandlin appeared this afternoon before a federal magistrate judge.