Suspects In Robbery Spree Indicted

Two Columbus men have been indicted in several armed robberies in multiple cities. Prosecutors say Lawrence Bell Jr. robbed half a dozen banks and a restaurant last summer and Chad Tipton helped in one. Bell is behind bars and there's a warrant out for Tipton's arrest. The robberies occurred in Columbus, Mount Vernon, Reynoldsburg, Springfield, Chillicothe and Zanesville.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.