LARGO - A 40-year-old Clearwater man was charged Saturday with robbing a bank in Largo.
Steven Robert Graham of 2533 Roosevelt Blvd. is accused of passing a note to a teller stating he had a gun and demanding $1,000 at 2:45 p.m. Friday in the Wachovia Bank at 5250 East Bay Drive.
Largo police Detective Joe Coyle said Graham's boss called police after reading an article about the bank robbery in Saturday's St. Petersburg Times. The article included a surveillance photo of the robber.
Later Saturday morning, Graham's boss saw him riding in a taxi on U.S. 19. He followed the taxi and called authorities, who minutes later took Graham into custody, Coyle said.
Coyle said Graham admitted to the robbery. Graham said he used some of the money to pay rent, buy food and pay for a prostitute, the detective said.
Man accused of exposing self
ST. PETERSBURG - A 53-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon in Williams Park and charged with exposing himself to two girls, ages 13 and 14.
Herman Cubby Jr., who listed no permanent address, is accused of calling out to the girls and following them while exposing himself.
An adult in the park saw Cubby and flagged down police, according to Pinellas County Jail records. Cubby was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior and jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail.
Bicyclist killed on Fourth Street
ST. PETERSBURG - A bicyclist was struck and killed about 9:30 p.m. Sunday on Fourth Street N near 32nd Avenue, police said.
The bicyclist, whose name was not released, was heading west across Fourth Street when he was hit by a northbound maroon Lincoln.
Police said they did not think alcohol or drugs were involved. The investigation was continuing late Sunday and no charges had been filed.
2 teens charged in auto theft
TAMPA - Two teenagers, ages 14 and 13, were arrested Sunday afternoon after the stolen Dodge minivan they were driving hit a deputy's cruiser at University Mall, authorities said.
Mall security called the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office at 1:30 p.m. Sunday to report that juveniles were breaking into cars. Deputy Candice Steinmeier responded and drove up and down the parking lot. According to a sheriff's report, her cruiser was struck on the left front by a gray Dodge minivan cutting through parking spaces. The vehicle was reported stolen earlier Sunday, deputies said.
