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Georgia man accused of sending road flare to bank teller

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Road flare ORANGE, CA - FEBRUARY 06: A firefighter uses a road flare to set a backfire along State Route 241 toll road to fight an off-season wildfire in the Cleveland National Forest driven by high Santa Ana Winds on February 6, 2006 near Orange, California. Firefighters are trying to stop the fire which has burned across more than 1,200 acres since it began this morning along the SR 241 toll road (Eastern Transportation Corridor) before it can reach thousands of threatened homes near Anaheim Hills. 1,200 homes in the fires path have been evacuated so far. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) (David McNew/Getty Images)

By Associated Press

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — A south Georgia man faces criminal charges after police say he sent a road flare to a drive-through bank teller through a pneumatic tube.

Michael Aaron Bass was arrested Wednesday in Thomasville after the flare set off a panic when a bank teller concluded it was a stick of dynamite, police said.

Bass drove up on a motorcycle, cashed a work check, and then sent the flare back to the teller, police Sgt. Scott Newberry told the Thomasville Times-Enterprise.

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“He stuck it into the vacuum tube and sent it to the teller, and he drove off,” Newberry said.

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The building was evacuated and police responded. Newberry said the road flare resembled a destructive device.

Bass was arrested two hours later on his motorcycle. It’s unclear if he is represented by a lawyer.

This story was written by the Associated Press

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