SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — It was a busy weekend for Sioux Falls Police.
Here are a couple of the highlights from the police files.
BANK ROBBER UNSUCCESSFUL IN LETTING THE WIND TAKE HIS LOOT
Sioux Falls Police apprehend a robber not long after the man acted like he had a weapon and robbed the Wells Fargo bank on North Cliff Avenue Saturday morning.
Police say Phillip Christopher Hanten, 40, from Johnson, Iowa, walked into the bank wearing a note and gave a note to the teller demanding cash.
The teller complied and Hanten walked out of the bank and then to Falls Park.
Police had a description of Hanten and spotted him in the park.
Hanten tried to get rid of the money by tossing it in the air.
The wind didn’t cooperate.
Police recovered all the money and Hanten faces first-degree robbery charges.
GIRL’S FAMILY MEMBER SICS THE POLICE ON 18-YEAR-OLD MAN
An 18-year-old Sioux Falls man is facing sex charges involving his 15-year-old girlfriend.
Sioux Falls Police arrested Gibson Chea Meyers, Jr. early this morning in the 700 block of North Prairie Ave.
One of the girl’s family members said the two teens were in bed together.
Police arrived, found Meyers in bed with the under-aged girl, and charged him with sexual contact with a child under 16 and sexual exploitation of a minor.
