Robbing Banks Runs in Family, Police Say
Posted on: Wednesday, 28 December 2005, 09:00 CST
MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio - Police say they solved a 2001 bank robbery after the alleged thief was turned in by his sister when she was arrested for robbing the same bank three years later.
Tricia Owens, 33, of nearby Edison, told police she got the idea from her little brother after she was charged with robbing the First Federal Bank in Mount Gilead, about 40 miles north of Columbus.
She agreed to record conversations with her brother, Rodney Houghton II, 30, which led to his arrest.
Owens also testified to a Morrow Count grand jury in October about what she knew of her brother's involvement in the 2001 bank hit.
Owens is serving five years at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville for aggravated robbery in connection with the Sept. 9, 2004, holdup.
Houghton was arrested last Wednesday and charged with aggravated robbery for the Nov. 19, 2001, stickup after authorities searched his Columbus home. He's free on bond pending a grand jury indictment.
"I'd have to say it's very unusual," police Chief Brian Zerman said of charging siblings with the same crime, years apart.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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