61-year-old Raymond Lee Dean III Charged in Garner Armed Bank Robbery

Raymond Lee Dean III, 61, has been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon after an armed robbery at the Bank of America branch on Benson Road in Garner. Police say Dean implied he had a firearm during the incident; no one was injured.

The robbery took place the morning of Feb. 6, 2026, and Garner police reported the arrest the following day. Authorities located and took Dean into custody in Northwest Raleigh at a hotel, according to reporting that cited local law enforcement. Garner Police Department is the lead agency on the case, and officials said search warrants executed as part of the investigation produced evidence connected to the robbery.

Local reporting has varied on some details. ABC11/WTVD noted that the suspect left the scene before officers arrived and that early accounts were uncertain whether he fled on foot or by vehicle. A single outlet, citing CBS17, reported that Dean is accused of stealing about $7,220; that figure has not yet been confirmed by Garner police in public statements available to reporters. Police described the weapon allegation in cautious terms, saying Dean implied he had a firearm rather than that a weapon was necessarily displayed or recovered.

The arrest involved coordination that multiple outlets described as multi-agency. A Garner Police spokesperson told CBS17 that Garner officers, working with Raleigh police, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, located and apprehended the suspect at the Northwest Raleigh hotel. Investigators said the probe is ongoing and that additional information will be released as appropriate.

For Wake County residents, the case underscores both the immediate human impact and the economic considerations of bank robberies. Branch employees and customers were spared physical harm in this incident, but banks routinely incur direct cash losses, as well as indirect costs tied to tightened security, insurance claims and temporary branch disruptions. If the reported $7,220 tally is confirmed, that amount would be modest compared with some headline cases, yet every incident can prompt changes in local bank operations and reinforce concerns about neighborhood safety.

Dean is scheduled to appear in Wake County court for an initial hearing at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, according to court scheduling reported by local outlets. Garner police ask anyone with information or relevant surveillance footage from the Benson Road area on Feb. 6 to contact investigators. The department has indicated it will provide updates as the investigation and court process proceed, and residents should expect further details from police and the Wake County courts in coming days.