ORMOND BEACH -- Leonard Willis, the Jacksonville suspect in multiple bank robberies in Florida and Georgia, has been arrested, Volusia Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson reported.
Law enforcement authorities captured Willis Wednesday morning fleeing from a bank robbery in Georgia," Davidson said.
Willis is being held at the Lamar County Detention Center in Barnesville, Ga., approximately 40 miles northwest of Macon.
The first in the string of robberies occurred on Feb. 6, at a Suntrust Bank just outside the city limits of Ormond Beach. The next two occurred on Feb. 17, about 30 minutes apart at two banks in the city of Ormond Beach.The Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Ormond Beach Police Department and the FBI were working together to investigate the cases and identify the suspect. The Lake City Police Department was brought into the investigation after a bank there was robbed on Feb. 23. The robber struck next on Friday in Tifton, Ga. and also may have been responsible for a bank robbery on Monday in Dublin, Ga..