Fox 16 reports that a Texas man arrested in the robbery of a Summit Bank branch in Benton is suspected of robbing the same bank in 2009 and 2011. The bank was robbed Tuesday and the suspect, Richard Swicegood, was caught in a traffic stop near Forrest City.

It’s reminiscent of a local character given to repeat robberies of a small bank in Bauxite several decades ago.

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