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Arrests made in Adel bank robbery

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Tommy Goins Tommy Goins
Randy Merritt Randy Merritt
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Two men are in jail Thursday charged wtih robbing an Adel Bank.

Investigators say 24-year old Tommy Goins walked into the Trust Bank on West Fourth Street shortly after 9 a.m. last Thursday.

They say he scoped it out, then 21-year old Randy Merritt came in with a gun, wearing a mask, and forced a clerk to put money in a bag.

Goins is charged with armed robbery party to the crime and false public alarm.

Merritt is charged with armed robbery.


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