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2 bank robbery suspects arrested at Anchorage airport

Published 11:43 pm Friday, August 19, 2016

In this Thursday photo, WellsFargo Bank security camera image released by the FBI shows two armed men robbing a bank Thursday morning on Anchorage's east side. One man was armed with a shotgun and the other with a handgun. The men at 10:14 a.m. entered the Wells Fargo Bank at 630 E. Fifth Avenue and demanded money. They carried off cash in a duffel bag with purple straps and left on foot. Witnesses say both were African-American and both wore sunglasses.
In this Thursday photo, WellsFargo Bank security camera image released by the FBI shows two armed men robbing a bank Thursday morning on Anchorage's east side. One man was armed with a shotgun and the other with a handgun. The men at 10:14 a.m. entered the Wells Fargo Bank at 630 E. Fifth Avenue and demanded money. They carried off cash in a duffel bag with purple straps and left on foot. Witnesses say both were African-American and both wore sunglasses.

ANCHORAGE — Two men suspected of robbing an Anchorage bank were arrested early Friday at the city’s main airport.

The FBI says airport police recognized 23-year-old Kaleem Fredericks and 23-year-old Calel Crofford from pictures released by the FBI.

Airport police held the men shortly after midnight and they were arrested by FBI agents.

Two men on Thursday morning — one carrying a shotgun and one with a handgun — robbed a Wells Fargo branch on east Fifth Avenue.

They carried off cash in a duffel bag.

Fredericks and Crofford are in custody awaiting their first court appearance.

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