Crime

Suspected Leawood bank robbers arrested outside St. Joseph Medical Center

Leawood police officers arrested two people after a chase involving a car that matched the description of the getaway vehicle from a bank robbery earlier Wednesday.
Leawood police officers arrested two people after a chase involving a car that matched the description of the getaway vehicle from a bank robbery earlier Wednesday.

Two suspected bank robbers were arrested outside St. Joseph Medical Center after leading police on a car chase.

The robbery was reported early Wednesday afternoon at the Central Bank of the Midwest, 4801 Town Center Drive in Leawood, according to the FBI.

No one was injured.

Shortly after the robbery, Leawood police officers spotted a vehicle matching the description of a getaway car near 119th and Glenwood streets.

Officers chased the vehicle until its occupants bailed out of it near the medical center at Interstate 435 and State Line Road.

One person was quickly arrested. The other was found hiding several minutes later in a parking garage outside the hospital. That person was receiving medical treatment after being bitten by a police dog.

Tony Rizzo: 816-234-4435, @trizzkc

This story was originally published August 24, 2016 at 2:36 PM with the headline "Suspected Leawood bank robbers arrested outside St. Joseph Medical Center."

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