Bank robbery suspect paid for taxi with money from theft, police say

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A man accused of robbing an Evansville bank allegedly used money from the robbery to pay for a cab ride home.

Derrick Faria, 19, was arrested less than an hour after he allegedly robbed Fifth Third Bank on Diamond Avenue on Thursday.

Faria reportedly took a taxi directly from his home to the bank and then paid the same taxi driver to take him home after the robbery.

According to a probable cause affidavit, a uCabbi driver picked up Faria from his home on the 1600 block of West Missouri Street and took him to the bank shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday.

Evansville Police say he passed a teller a note that said "this is a robbery give me all your money" but did not show a weapon. The teller gave him cash.

After the robbery, Faria reportedly returned to the parking lot, got back in the uCabbi minivan and asked the driver to take him home.

Based on surveillance video and descriptions of the suspect, police tracked Faria to his home and arrested him about 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

No one was hurt during the robbery or arrest.

All the money taken during the robbery was recovered, police say, except $20 — the $14 for the cab fare and $6 tip for the driver.

Detectives executed a search warrant on Faria's home and reported finding paraphernalia used to ingest synthetic drugs.

Faria is being held at the Vanderburgh County Jail on preliminary charges of robbery and possession of drug paraphernalia. He had not been formally charged in the robbery yet as of Friday morning, according to court records.

There were 86 robberies reported to police in Evansville last year, according to the FBI, and 98 reported in 2016.

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