WEST CHESTER – A man wanted for robbing a bank in West Chester led police into Montgomery County, then decided to give up after jumping into the frigid waters of the Great Miami.
West Chester Police Sergeant Matt Tombragel says 36-year-old Carl Beaty of Medway Ohio, which is northeast of Dayton, walked into the PNC Bank branch near the Meijer store on Tylersville Road, demanded money, and got a small amount.
Just a couple minutes after he left, a West Chester officer who had heard the description of the getaway car – a mid 80’s full-size white Chevrolet window van – spotted it on Liberty Way, and started following it up northbound 75. A few minute later he was joined by other officers, and they tried to stop the van around Monroe.
The van driver had other ideas, and got off on 122 and took the van on back streets into Montgomery County, with police behind.
He finally stopped at the intersection of Cincinnati-Dayton Road and Shephard Road i