Suspect in bank robbery found mentally competent to stand trial

A suspect in the Mineral Springs, Ark., bank robbery has been found mentally competent to stand trial, according to Howard County Circuit Court documents.

A trial date has been scheduled for Feb. 13 for Byron Coleman.

Coleman was one of four suspects arrested in the July 25, 2016, robbery at Diamond Bank.

Jomari Bradford, 23, has pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and theft of property in Howard County Circuit Court in Nashville, Ark. He was sentenced to 360 months but given 285 jail-time credits for the time he has been in jail waiting for a trial.

Bradford was ordered to pay $9,888 in restitution to Diamond Bank. He also was required to pay court costs of $200, a $250 DNA sample fee, a $250 mandatory sex offender fee and a $20 booking fee.

He has to serve 70 percent of the sentence.

The other bank robbery suspects charged with aggravated robbery and theft of property are Tatyana McBee and Bobby Padillow. Both are awaiting trial.

The suspects allegedly entered the bank, got the money and exited the building within two minutes. The crime was recorded by surveillance video, allegedly showing the suspects leaping over the counter and filling the bags with cash from the drawers.

The bank robbers allegedly left items at the Mineral Springs City Park after the robbery.

According to the affidavit for a search warrant, an employee found shirts, pants, hats, gloves, one pair of red tennis shoes, a silver hubcap and a red duffel bag.

As a deterrent for future bank robbers, the Diamond Bank now houses the Mineral Springs Police Department in its building after the City Council approved the move.

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