Portland Police Robbery detectives have made three arrests in connection with the two take-over style bank robberies that occurred on September 18 and October 8, 2010.
31-year-old Stanley Noel Ames of Southeast Portland, 25-year-old Pamela Marie McGowan of Southeast Portland, and 27-year-old Eric Steven Wilcoxson of Southwest Portland were all charged with Federal Bank Robbery and booked into the Multnomah County Jail. All three will make their initial appearance in Federal Court today, Friday November 12, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald C. Ashmanskas.
The first robbery occurred on Saturday September 18, 2010 at the U.S. Bank, located in the 4700 block of Southeast Woodstock Boulevard. The second robbery occurred on Friday October 8, 2010 at the U.S. Bank, located in the 4900 block of Northeast 42nd Avenue. In both robberies, two suspects entered the bank wearing theatrical-type masks and fired shots before robbing the bank.
In the early morning hours of November 9, 2010, the Portland Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) served a search warrant in the 9200 block of Southeast Mitchell Street, where Stanley Ames and Pamela McGowan were taken into custody. Wednesday evening November 10, the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force assisted Robbery detectives and arrested Eric Wilcoxson at his Tigard residence, located in the 9900 block of Southwest Frewing Street.
