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January 03, 2008
It appears last year's rash of bicycle bank robberies may have drawn to a close.
Roswell police announced Jan. 3 they had Carlos H. Arango-Mejia, 47, in custody at the Roswell Detention Center. He is being held without bond.
Arango-Mejia currently stands accused of two counts of bank robbery, both at the Bank of America on Alpharetta Highway in Roswell March 8 and July 25.
More charges are likely against the suspect accused of using costumes and bicycles to rob various banks from March until Dec. 26.
The FBI and various police agencies in Georgia and South Carolina believe Arango-Mejia is responsible for at least nine other robberies throughout North Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett and Forsyth counties and Greer, S.C.
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According to police, Arango-Mejia's arrest is the culmination of an exhaustive investigation involving numer-ous local, state, federal and out-of-state agencies.
Lt. James McGee, a spokesman for the Roswell Police Department, said it wasn't one piece of information that led police to Arango-Mejia. Rather, it was a task force of investigators each bringing small bits to the table.
"It was like piecing together a puzzle," he said.
According to investigators, Roswell police obtained a warrant for Arango-Mejia's arrest Dec. 27.
The next day Roswell police and a Dekalb County SWAT team raided a location in Dekalb to no avail. The suspect was found at a home in Doraville Jan. 2 just after 11:30 p.m.
McGee said it is unknown whether the home is Arango-Mejia's.
"We don't know if it's a flop place," he said. "That's one of the things we're trying to nail down."
The suspect, who complained of medical problems and was taken to Grady Hospital Jan. 3, is being uncooperative, McGee said. He will be moved to Fulton County jail and held indefinitely Jan. 4.
McGee said his department is not releasing a mug shot of Arango-Mejia for fear it could taint line-ups currently being conducted by the departments investigating bank robberies on their home turf.
He also would not comment on whether a bicycle, a van spotted in most of the crimes or any cash was found at the home in Avondale.
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