Bank robbery suspect in Rowan County Detention Center

ENOCHVILLE — A Kannapolis man accused of robbing an Enochville bank earlier this month is in the Rowan County Detention Center today.

Randy Lane Furr, 48, of 7093 Unity Church Road, was transported to Rowan County from Virginia Tuesday after being arrested Aug. 9.

Furr is charged with robbing the Rowan Bank at 100 S. Enochville Ave.

Authorities say the robber brandished a shiny handgun and dropped a bag he claimed contained a bomb. He made off with almost $6,000. Officials say some of the money was recovered.

Cabarrus County bomb squad members later determined there was no bomb in the bag.

Just hours after media broadcast a picture from the bank surveillance video, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Department phone rang with anonymous tips about the identity of the man.

Authorities arrested Furr in Pulaski County, Va., three days after the robbery.

He was taken in front of a Rowan County magistrate Tuesday afternoon and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. He was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under $500,000 bond.

Contact Jillian McCartney at 704-797-4253 or jmccartney@salisburypost.com .