OKANOGAN – An attempted robbery at an Okanogan bank was quickly thwarted when the thief was caught just minutes after the holdup. Okanogan County Sheriff’s officials say the perpetrator made off with a small amount of cash after the heist at North Cascades National Bank, but deputies caught up with him not from the bank. He was arrested and booked into the Okanogan County Jail on robbery charges. The stolen money was recovered.
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