Man arrested in connection with Forest City bank robbery

Valdese police arrested a man in connection to a bank robbery and bomb threat that occurred last Friday.

Police said Christopher Calhoun, 35, was arrested at a Family Dollar Store in Burke County.

Police said Calhoun was found hiding under a blanket in the back of a truck.

Investigators said Calhoun held up the Fifth Third Bank in Forest City and handed the teller a plastic box that he said would explode within 10 minutes.

Calhoun got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

Police said they also linked him to a 2010 robbery at the RBC Bank.

Calhoun is charged with two felony counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and three felony counts of second-degree kidnapping.

He was jailed at the Rutherford County jail with bail set at $1.8 million.

via wsoctv.com