Four suspects named in Cape bank robbery

The FBI and local police are seeking two Charleston, Mo., men and a Bloomington Ill., man accused of robbing a Cape Girardeau bank at gunpoint on Monday.

Toria Wyneikia Lawrence, 20, of 145 Cardinal in Sikeston also will be charged in connection with the crime, FBI agent P. Michael McComas said Tuesday. She was not in custody Tuesday.

McComas identified the men as Dareme Prince Tipler, 24, and Corey Demond Lyons, 30, both of Charleston, and Derek Eugene Riggs, 24, of Bloomington.

Three men wearing ski masks and brandishing handguns escaped with an undisclosed amount of money in the 10:39 a.m. robbery of the Bank of America branch at 800 N. Kingshighway.

Witnesses said the robbers fled out the back door of the bank.

McComas said the three men are believed to have escaped in a 2004 silver Buick Century four-door with license plate 756-WAG.

McComas said anyone with any information on the men, whom he described as armed and "extremely dangerous," should contact local police or the FBI. The FBI can be reached at 335-2511, the Cape Girardeau police at 335-6621.

McComas said the criminal investigation revealed the identities of the suspects but declined to be more specific.

Authorities said Lawrence visited the bank Monday morning shortly before the robbery. The woman was photographed by a security camera at the bank. The FBI disclosed the security photo to the news media late Monday afternoon as the investigation continued.McComas said the FBI and Cape Girardeau police have been aided in the investigation by the Scott County Sheriff's Department and the Sikeston and Charleston police departments.

Monday's robbery was the third time the bank has been robbed since 1998.