2 Jailed For Holding Plano Family Hostage After Robbery
PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Police have identified two Tulsa men who allegedly held a Plano family hostage in their home on Aug. 5 while fleeing a bank robbery on foot because the getaway vehicle broke down in the parking lot, a spokesman said.
James Ray Artberry, 43, and Floyd Dean Hayden, 34, are each charged with four counts of aggravated kidnapping and jailed on $2 million bond, Plano Police Department spokesman David Tilley said.
Bank robbery charges are still pending, although Tilley said the department has evidence that links the men to it.
Tilley said Artberry and Hayden walked into a Regions Bank in the 4000 block of Preston Road, pulled pistols and ordered employees to lie down on the floor. The two suspects took an unknown amount of money and fled the building.
The men jumped in their vehicle, but it broke down before they could get out of the parking lot. Tilley said the two fled eastbound into a neighborhood. Police, K9 units and a helicopter chased the men through it.
The K9 tracked Artberry and Hayden to a home in the 4800 block of Holly Berry Drive, Tilley said.
The two suspects took two adults and their two grandchildren hostage, Tilley said. Police entered the home and arrested one of the suspects. The other fled on foot and was arrested soon after.
One of the residents was injured during the hostage situation, Tilley said, although their condition is not known and they were not identified Monday. No one else was injured during the robbery or escape, Tilley added.
Artberry and Hayden are being held in the Collin County Detention Center. Tilley provided no other information Monday, citing the ongoing investigation.
