A bank robber’s plans were reportedly foiled by a GPS hidden inside his bag of cash.
The man robbed the TD Bank, 5943 Stirling Rd. in Davie early Monday, according to the FBI.
News stations reported that the man gave a teller a written bomb threat before leaving with an undisclosed amount of money.
The bank was evacuated while the Broward Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad investigated, according to Local 10.
Police said they used the GPS that was placed inside the bag to track him as he drove out of Broward County and into Miami-Dade County, according to NBC6.
He was later found and arrested shortly before 11 a.m. at a warehouse in the 17800 block of North Miami Court, according to the FBI.
A black car was also found in the area and is believed to be the suspect’s getaway vehicle, said an FBI spokesman.
Various agencies are assisting the FBI in the investigation.
No other information, including the suspect’s identity, have been released.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
