The U.S. Marshall Service reports that the U.S. Marshals North Florida Violent Fugitive Task Force apprehended two suspects wanted in connection with an armed robbery in Pensacola.
he U.S. Marshals North Florida Violent Fugitive Task Force apprehended two suspects wanted in connection with an armed robbery of a credit union in Macon, GA, where the suspects cleaned out the bank of all its money. Merkuri Carl Stanback and Carmilla Davis are wanted by the Macon Police Department for Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, and Possession of a Firearm during the commission of a felony.
The warrants charge that Stanback, 27, and Davis, 23, allegedly entered the Park Community Federal Credit Union on December 28, 2007; and forced the employees and customers into another room where they were tied up and the bank was robbed. According to police reports, they took approximately $200,000.00 in cash, clearing out every dollar in the bank. The reports alleged that they were armed with handguns and a stun-gun during the robbery. The suspected robbers also took several purses from customers in the bank. Witnesses at the bank stated that the suspects entered through the front door, cleared out all of the money and then exited through the rear doors. The police in Macon stated that they dropped approximately $48,000 in the parking lot.
According to investigators from Macon Police Department, a third suspect, Frederick Clay, a man in his late twenties, was arrested the night of the robbery and that is when they believe Stanback and Davis fled the area. Authorities in Macon then searched Stanback’s apartment and found all of the weapons believed to be used in the robbery, as well as approximately $122,000 cash, which a large amount of that was dye-stained bank money.
Two days ago, the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Macon learned that Stanback and Davis were hiding out somewhere in Pensacola. For the last day or so, the Marshals Task Force in Pensacola had been trying to pin down the two who had been traveling back and forth between Pensacola and Milton.
Late this afternoon, they found them staying at the Econo Lodge on Highway 29 under an alias. At about 4:30, The North Florida Violent Fugitive Task Force with task force members from Escambia and Okaloosa Sheriff’s Offices, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Ft. Walton Beach and Milton Police Departments had to force their way into Room 308 when Stanback and Davis would not open the door.
The two fugitives were then arrested without further incident. A smaller amount of cash was seized but the denominations were large bills believed to be part of the missing stolen money. Both Stanback and Davis are being held in Escambia County Jail are awaiting extradition back to Georgia.
