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Police: Man arrested in Huntersville bank robbery, bomb threat

By Elsa Gillis
By Elsa Gillis

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — It was a scary afternoon in Huntersville, after police said they were called to the Wells Fargo Bank on Statesville Road for a bank robbery, followed by a bomb threat.

Huntersville Police Officers responded to an armed robbery call at Wells Fargo off Statesville Road around 4:35 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers were advised that a man with a tan

duffle

bag attempted to rob the bank.
The man stated the bag contained a bomb and demanded money.

"The individual did make statements about having in his possession a bomb," Huntersville Chief of Police Cleveland Spruill told us.

Officers set up a perimeter, brought in a police K-9 and located the man, who is now in custody, close to the bank.

Pedro

Campillo

Galicia, 48, was arrested for attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and perpetrating a hoax by use of a false bomb.
CMPD’s bomb squad was utilized to examine the

duffle

bag.  It was determined the

duffle

bag contained no explosive or dangerous material.

"It's just very scary," Helen Munchgesang told Channel 9. "That's my bank, Wells Fargo."

"I knew something was abnormal," Rick Stacks told us.  "I knew it wasn't a normal wreck or anything like that."

Police had parts of the intersection at Statesville Road and Sam Fur Road closed off until nearly 7:30 Friday evening, causing serious backups during one of the busiest times of the week.

"As we were driving up 73 we noticed the commotion and there was tons of traffic," said Munchgesang, "and all of a sudden eight more police cars came and blocked up the road and told us we either had to make a U-turn or go left.”

"In the middle of the day. It’s just insanity," she said. “We just all have to be careful and pray."

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