PD: Witness Foils Lewisville Bank Robbery Attempt

LEWISVILLE (CBS 11 News) ― Thanks to an alert bystander police in Lewisville say a morning bank robbery was foiled. Just after 9 a.m. Jesse Sustaita was on his way to a sales call when he noticed something suspicious. Sustaita called 911 and reported seeing an armed man walking toward the Compass Bank, at 484 E. Round Grove Road, wearing a ski mask. "I thought that was very odd, ya know, in the middle of the day having a ski mask. It looked very hot, [it was a] very thick ski mask," he said. Officers say when they arrived at the bank they found 33-year-old Robert Kerrick outside, armed with a pistol. "I was so amazed that I actually saw a gun behind his back. I thought it was just somebody playing around, but obviously they discovered that it was a real gun," Sustaita said. Kerrick was taken into custody without incident and... [read full story]