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Raleigh police make arrest in afternoon bank robbery

Raleigh police were questioning a suspect Friday afternoon about a robbery at the Wachovia Bank at 150 Fayetteville St.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh police were questioning a suspect Friday afternoon about a robbery at the Wachovia Bank at 150 Fayetteville St.

A man entered the bank at about 1:30 p.m., gave a note to a teller and left with an undetermined amount of money, a police spokeswoman said.

Two hours later, an officer spotted a person at Wilmington and Martin streets matching the description of the suspect and took him into custody. Police did not release the name of the suspect.

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