A Vancouver 18-year-old made his first appearance Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of robbing a Heights area bank with a handgun.
Judge Roger Bennett set bail for Trusty C. Anastacio at $400,000 and appointed attorney Art Bennett to represent him. He remains in the Clark County Jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery, a Class A felony.
A student at Lewis and Clark High School and an alleged member of the “Hoover Criminals” gang, Anastacio will be arraigned Jan. 14.
The robbery was reported at 9:52 a.m. Tuesday as the robber fled with a red-and-green Christmas bag from the First Independent Bank at 6501 E. Mill Plain Blvd., just west of Andresen Road. The robber, dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans, left the bank on foot, but a witness reported seeing him get into an older Cadillac sedan.
