Coushatta Tribe credited with arrest of suspected bank robber

Friday, July 26, 2013  

Police from the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana are being credited with the arrest of a suspected bank robber.

Tribal police spotted a car that was linked to the robbery on the reservation. They stopped and detained Justin Michael Schill, 31, who is being held on charges of first-degree robbery and felony theft.

Schill allegedly committed the robbery after he left his mother at the tribe's Coushatta Casino Resort. Authorities said there is no evidence that the woman was aware of her son's intentions.

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