By Nancy Flake
Updated: 03.24.09
The Conroe Police Department and FBI arrested longtime Conroe Police Sgt. Mike Tindall Tuesday and charged him with one count of bank robbery in connection with the Aug. 11, 2008, robbery of First Bank of Conroe.
The 23-year CPD veteran allegedly was off-duty and monitoring a police radio when he entered the bank, located at 2201 Westview Blvd., wearing a white motorcycle helmet. Tindall, 47, allegedly demanded money from the tellers and walked away with more than $28,000.
An affidavit complaint released by the FBI Tuesday afternoon states bank and Conroe Police officials believed months ago that Tindall, who worked for several years in his off-duty hours as a security guard at the bank, closely resembled the robber in the bank’s surveillance video. Grand jury subpoenas for Tindall’s bank account in January showed he made two large cash deposits into his personal bank account shortly after the robbery, including one for $5,000 about an hour after the bank was robbed.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Andrew R. Bland III and Conroe Police Chief Charlie Ray announced Tindall’s arrest in a press conference in Houston early Tuesday afternoon. The unsealed federal complaint, which contains details of the seven-month investigation also was released.
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Investigating and arresting one of his veteran officers – and one he’s considered a friend for more than 20 years – was “a very difficult thing,” Ray said.
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