They got him: Shenandoah bank robber taken into custody after Luzerne hit-and-run
Jamie Lee Johnson, 38 of Hanover Township.
By Kaylee Lindenmuth
SHENANDOAH – A man wanted for holding up a Shenandoah bank last week is behind bars today, after he was involved in a hit-and-run crash near Pittston Sunday night.
Jamie Lee Johnson, 38, of Hanover Township, was taken into custody after a hit-and-run crash in Duryea, Luzerne County last night, and transferred to Shenandoah Police around 10pm Sunday.
Johnson was brought back to Schuylkill County and arraigned by on-call Magisterial District Judge James Ferrier, Orwigsburg, on multiple charges, robbery of a financial institution, robbery with force however slight, robbery threatening to inflict bodily injury, theft, receiving stolen property, and simple assault.
Johnson was then committed to Schuylkill County Prison, unable to post $100,000 bail.
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