After get away, Forest Acres bank robbery suspect in Richland County jail, police say
He’s back from Florida.
Samuel Levone Neathery, one of the suspects in a February robbery of a Forest Acres’ credit union, was returned to Richland County by US Marshals, authorities said.
He’s jailed at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center after extradition from Florida.
Neathery is accused of armed robbery at the South Carolina Federal Credit Union on Forest Drive that place on Feb. 5. After an attempted getaway that led to a second suspect getting shot by police and a five-vehicle collision, Neathery escaped and fled to a town where he’d previously lived in Florida, according to police reports.
He was charged by the Forest Acres Police Department with armed robbery, six counts of kidnapping and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
His bond hearing is set for Friday at 2 p.m., Forest Acres Police Chief Gene Sealy said.
On Feb. 5 police said that Neathery and partner Daisy Feliberty held up the credit union. Police were alerted through an emergency system and hit the scene. Neathery and Feliberty tried to get away, police reported.
An officer shot Feliberty in the arm as she pulled out of the parking lot. She collided with other cars while Neathery went back into the bank and escaped through the back, according to authorities. A manhunt for Neathery began. Police deployed a helicopter, a plane and search dogs to try to find him.
After a two-day search, authorities said they believed Neathery had left Forest Acres.
The U.S. Marshal’s Florida-Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Neathery on Feb. 23 in Kissimmee, Fla.
This story was originally published March 21, 2019 at 5:31 PM.