Accused Great Southern bank robber captured in Louisiana

Vincent Gepson, 63, Anderson, was arrested in Crowley, Louisiana, today according to a Joplin Police Department news release.

Gepson is charged with the May 9 robbery of Great Southern Bank, 1232 South Range Line Road, Joplin.

Gepson was placed on the JPD's radar when he called the police after someone posted the surveillance photo of the robbery on his Facebook page.

Gepson told JPD Sgt. Luke Stahl that the robber looked like him but that he had not robbed the bank and was in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, at the time of the robbery.

It did not take long for JPD to check its own collection of Gepson booking photos, and match Gepson's tattoos to the robber's.

The Anderson Police Department discovered Gepson had borrowed a surgical mask similar to the one worn by the robber during a visit to the Economic Security Agency in Anderson that morning.

At the time of the robbery, Gepson was awaiting trial on a felony possession of a controlled substance charge in Newton County and a felony passing a bad check charge in McDonald County.

Original post: Anderson man charged with robbing Great Southern Bank on Range Line