The man dubbed the “Repeat Robber” of banks by the FBI was arrested Monday and charged with five counts of common law robbery, according to a Raleigh Police Department news release.
Raleigh and Durham police arrested Lee Bennett Pope III, 37, on an outstanding violation warrant in a shopping center parking lot in Durham before Raleigh detectives assumed custody and transported him to Raleigh, the news release states.
According to the Raleigh Police Department, law enforcement officials that currently hold cases possibly related a pattern of bank robberies have been notified of Pope’s arrest.
On Oct. 4, the branch of BB&T bank located at 143 E. Rosemary St. was robbed.
Pope is being held in the Wake County Jail, the news release states.
