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City of Kingman Arizona - Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested and Identified 27 February 2024 ( news )
City of Kingman , state Arizona ( By Press Release office)
Feb 27,2024
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The Kingman Police Department has arrested
Mario William Fragassi
, 53 of Golden Valley , and
Christopher Ayala
, 48 of Olivehurst , CA , on felony charges of Armed Robbery and Aggravated Assault ( multiple ) . The charges are in connection to a bank robbery that occurred on Monday , February 26 , 2024 , at about 11:00am , at a bank in the 2400blk of Hualapai Mountain Rd , in Kingman .
Mario Fragassi ,
who was involved in the police shooting , remains in Sunrise Medical Center in Las Vegas and is in the care and custody of Clark County Detention Center on the Kingman bank robbery charges .
On Tuesday , February 27 , Kingman detectives located
Christophe
r
Ayala
at a residence in the 2300blk of Lass Ave . , where he was taken into custody without incident .
Investigators determined that Fragassi had entered the bank , brandished a handgun and demanded cash from the bank teller while Ayala remained in the parked truck . Fragassi ran out of the bank with the stolen cash , $1715 . 00 , and fled in the truck driven by Ayala .
Investigators later learned that Ayala had quickly exited the truck once parked and entered the NAPA Auto Parts store , 2500blk of Andy Devine Ave . As officers arrived , they located Fragassi inside the truck . While officers were involved with Fragassi , Ayala called for and left in a taxi .
Officers subsequently recovered the stolen cash in Fragassi’s possession .
Ayala has been booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility on his charges .
( Reminder: The Lake Havasu City Police Department is conducting the criminal investigation of the officer - involved shooting , wherein Fragassi was shot . All media inquiries regarding the officer - involved shooting should be directed to Public Information Officer Sergeant Kyle Ridgway (
[email protected]
) of the Lake Havasu City Police Department . )
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