ANDERSON, S.C. (WSPA) – A man has been arrested in connection to a bomb threat and bank robbery Tuesday afternoon at the Wells Fargo in Anderson.

According to the police department, officers responded at about 1:15 p.m. to the Wells Fargo on North Main Street.

  • Bank robbery suspect (Source: Anderson Police Department)
    Bank robbery suspect (Source: Anderson Police Department)
  • Bank robbery suspect (Source: Anderson Police Department)
    Bank robbery suspect (Source: Anderson Police Department)

Officers said the suspect left on foot from the scene.

A short while later, police arrested James Robert Simmons at the Anderson Mall. He is being charged with armed robbery, armed with a deadly weapon and bomb threat.

He will have a bond hearing Wednesday afternoon.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad responded to the scene as well.