Police arrest man accused of holding up Kings Mountain bank

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Police arrested and charged a 25-year-old man who is accused of holding up a Kings Mountain bank Thursday morning.

According to the Kings Mountain Police Department, officers got word that a bank on E. King Street was robbed around 10:10 a.m.

Police said Gerald Anthony Bass Jr. went into the bank and showed a gun to get money. He then ran away and drove off in an SUV.

Bass was located in Mount Holly and taken into custody that night at 6:50 p.m. He was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.

The state Bureau of Investigation helped Kings Mountain police locate Bass.

Nobody was hurt in the robbery, police said.

The bank is one of only a few in the city limits of Kings Mountain. For much of the morning, crime scene tape stretched across the parking lot.

“How stupid are they, you know, robbing a bank. You can’t get away with that,” said Paul Gaffney, a resident of Kings Mountain.

Justin Floyd told Channel 9′s Dave Faherty he walks by the bank often and couldn’t believe the number of officers there on Thursday.

“That’s crazy in the middle of the day like this, it’s very bold. I’ve been here for eight years and I’ve never seen anything like this,” Floyd said.

Customers found a note on the door directing them to another branch in Shelby.

“Everybody that works in there is just like family,” Dennis Horn told Faherty. “They treat me good.”

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