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Suspect Linked To Pinellas Bank Robberies Arrested
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Published: November 21, 2008
Charles Canales
Pinellas detectives have arrested a Clearwater man in connection with a pair of bank robberies and say he's a suspect in three others.
Charles Canales, 25, robbed a Bank of America on Oct. 27 and a Bank Atlantic on Nov. 9, deputies say. Both banks are in Palm Harbor.
He was identified when detectives received a tip after media coverage of the robberies and photographs of the suspect were broadcast. Canales was arrested at 11:15 a.m. today at a private residence at 2519 38th Ave. N. in St. Petersburg.
Canales, of 2918 St. Croix Drive, was charged with two counts of armed robbery.
In both robberies, a man showed the teller a gun and demanded cash, leaving with an undisclosed amount of money. In the Bank of America robbery, he left in a green import sedan, possibly a Mazda, with dark tinted windows.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Canales is a suspect in three other Pinellas County bank robberies, one in Clearwater and two in St. Petersburg.
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