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Suspect arrested in Vancouver bank robbery

Tips from informants led police to Oregon man's motel room

By Paris Achen
Published: January 21, 2015, 4:00pm
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Vancouver Police Department
Surveillance cameras captured this image of a man after the robbery of a U.S. Bank inside a Fred Meyer store on Jan. 12.
Vancouver Police Department Surveillance cameras captured this image of a man after the robbery of a U.S. Bank inside a Fred Meyer store on Jan. 12. Photo Gallery

An Oregon man has been arrested in connection with a robbery Jan. 12 at a U.S. Bank branch inside a Vancouver Fred Meyer store.

Bryon E. Hudson, 38, of Albany appeared in Clark County Superior Court on Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree robbery.

Judge Gregory Gonzales held him in the Clark County Jail in lieu of $100,000. In setting the bail amount, Gonzales said he considered the fact that a civilian informant led to Hudson’s arrest late Tuesday, Hudson’s lack of connection to the local community, his criminal record and a history of probation violations.

The judge appointed Vancouver attorney Tony Lowe to defend Hudson. He is scheduled to be arraigned on the charge Feb. 4.

The robbery was reported at 4:33 p.m. at the branch at 2500 Columbia House Blvd., which is in the Grand Central shopping center.

A man walked up to the counter and handed a teller a note demanding money, according to Vancouver police. The man fled the bank and Fred Meyer on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was seen or implied, police said.

Police canvassed the area, but weren’t able to find a suspect.

Based on surveillance footage of the robbery, police described the suspect as 5 foot, 7 inches tall and Hispanic. He was wearing a hat and khaki pants. They said he had a distinct tattoo on his left ring finger.

A media release with still images of the robbery elicited a series of tips about the identity of the robber, including from some people close to him, according to a court affidavit by Vancouver police Cpl. Neil Martin.

Some of the informants said they “fear retribution from Hudson,” Martin wrote. Hudson has been homeless for some time, is addicted to drugs and often stays in motels, according to court records.

Hudson was apprehended in his room at the Days Inn and Suites, 9107 N.E. Vancouver Mall Drive, where police served him with a search warrant.

He had concealed a tattoo on his left ring finger with a bandage, Martin wrote.

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