Independence bank robbery suspect arrested after chase Morning Sun PITTSBURG, Kan. — The suspect in an Independence, Kansas bank robbery on Wednesday was arrested in rural Montgomery County later in the day after leading deputies on a chase north from the Oklahoma state line and through Coffeyville, according to authorities. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office noted in a press release that the Independence Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation assisted with the initial investigation of the alleged robbery at Equity Bank in Independence, which reportedly occurred at around 1 p.m. Wednesday. The initial investigation led to information on a robbery suspect and a suspect vehicle being identified. It wasn’t the FBI, though, but a Montgomery County deputy who spotted the suspect a few hours later, around 4 p.m., while assisting the South Coffeyville Police Department with an injury accident on US-169 at the Oklahoma state line. The suspect allegedly fled when the deputy attempted to stop him.