A Mississippi man believed to be the man who wore a Superman shirt during a Springfield bank robbery in September has been charged in federal court.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney's office, Scott A. Tyner, 50, of Southaven, Mississippi, was charged in a criminal complaint filed under seal in the U.S. District Court in Springfield on Oct. 6. That complaint was unsealed and made public Oct. 27, following Tyner’s arrest in Alabama.
Tyner is in federal custody. He is being detained in the Greene County Jail in Springfield and will have an initial court appearance Oct. 30.
The criminal complaint alleges that Tyner robbed Legacy Bank and Trust in Springfield on Sept. 29.
According to an affidavit, Tyner was wearing a blue t-shirt with the Superman logo on the front and blue athletic shorts when he entered the bank on a Friday. The man investigators believe to be Tyner slid a note on a teller counter that read, “This is a robbery.” A bank teller gave Tyner $5,560 in cash, the affidavit says, and he left the bank.
According to the release, investigators determined Tyner was driving a silver, four-door Chevrolet Silverado. The vehicle detected by a license plate reader in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Oct. 1, about two days after the Springfield bank robbery.
