Bank robbery leads to lockdown of Boise school; suspect arrested and charged with felony
A bank on West State Street was robbed Tuesday afternoon, leading to a lockdown at nearby Lowell Elementary School.
Police arrested Ethan Pruatt, 28, without incident while he was driving nearby at at North 32nd Street and State Street, and he was booked into Ada County Jail, police said Tuesday evening.
Pruatt has been charged with felony robbery.
The robbery occurred at a US Bank in an Albertsons parking lot in the 1600 block of West State Street. The suspect, who did not brandish a weapon during the robbery, presented a note that demanded money; he then fled on foot with an unknown amount of money, the Boise Police department said in a release.
The lockdown at Lowell Elementary was lifted later Tuesday afternoon, police said.
This story was originally published January 8, 2019 at 3:45 PM.
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