Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Officer James Gaddis Accused of Robbing Bank Free on Bond

MURPHYSBORO, Ill.

A Carbondale police officer accused of robbing a bank is free on $1 million bond.

A Jackson County jailer says 26-year-old James Gaddis posted bond Monday afternoon.

He'd been jailed since his arrest last month with neighbor Anthony Fike. Authorities accuse them of robbing the First Southern Bank in Carbondale last October.

Authorities say two suspects wearing motorcycle helmets robbed the bank of more than $22,000 at gunpoint, then fled by motorcycle.

Police contend Gaddis made a bogus 911 call to divert police to a trailer park on the other side of town during the robbery. A prosecutor says investigators later recognized Gaddis' voice in the taped 911 call.

Gaddis is suspended without pay. Fike already has been free on bond.

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