Cleveland man arrested in robbery of bank in Niles

Staff report

Niles

Timothy J. Wolfe was arrested in Cleveland on charges related to a bank robbery police say he committed here.

Wolfe, 49, of East 55th Street, Cleveland, is charged with robbery, making terroristic threats and disrupting public services — all felonies — in the robbery of Farmer’s National Bank on U.S. Route 422 in Niles on Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release from the Niles Police Department.

A warrant was issued for Wolfe’s arrest Tuesday evening, and he was picked up a short time later by the East Cleveland Police department, the statement said.

Niles detectives drove to Cleveland on Tuesday to retrieve Wolfe.

He was held overnight in Niles City Jail and is scheduled for arraignment today in Niles Municipal Court.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and the East Cleveland Police Department assisted Niles in the investigation.