A man accused of robbing another man at a Wells Fargo ATM on 30th Street last week was arrested Monday.
Garret Kent Loter, 23, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated robbery.
He is being held in custody on a $50,000 bond and is set for a filing of charges on Tuesday, according to court records.
According to an affidavit, at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, a man later identified as Loter approached another man at the Wells Fargo ATM at 3307 30th St. wearing a black mask and hood while holding what is believed to be a Palmetto State Armory Dagger 9 mm pistol.
The man later told officers that he was approached by Loter as he tried to make a deposit at the ATM.
According to the affidavit, the man just finished work and wanted to deposit his tips but a family member said it was unsafe for him to deposit money alone at an ATM, so they drove him from home to help him.
While depositing his tips, the suspect approached him and brandished a firearm, demanding the man to give him all of his money. In the surveillance footage tattoos were visible on the armed man’s right middle and ring fingers, according to the affidavit.
The man told police that he was attempting to end his transaction and get his card back from the machine prior to Loter walking up to him, but he was unable to do so in time.
The man also told officers that he tried to withdraw $452 from his account around three times but that the ATM wasn’t allowing him to do so.
He said that while he was attempting to withdraw the money that he kept apologizing to Loter and pleading with him not to hurt him, according to the affidavit. Loter then reportedly demanded that the man give him $200 and then pressed buttons to withdraw that amount from the man’s account.
According to the affidavit, after Loter grabbed the money, he ran northbound into the adjacent parking lot.
When interviewed by police on scene, the man said that he thought he was going to die and was willing to give Loter anything he wanted.
After a press release was sent out to identify the armed robbery suspect, a manager at the Safeway at 3325 28th Street told police that he believed the man was Loter, who was fired around six months prior for theft.
He stated that he was confident the suspect was Loter based on his exposed tattoos on his fingers, glasses and overall appearance, according to the affidavit.
After officers looked up Loter on Instagram, they found a recent photo of him displaying tattoos on his right and middle fingers with the numbers one and seven.
According to the affidavit, police later determined that the tattoos in his instagram photo match up with the suspect’s tattoos in the surveillance footage.
His booking photo was not immediately available.