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Arcola bank standoff ends with release of last hostage

By The News-Gazette
Thursday June 21, 2007

Robin Scholz

Police with their guns drawn outside the First Mid Illinois bank at U.S. Route 45 and Illinois 133 in Arcola.

The standoff at an Arcola bank has ended at about 6:35 p.m. with the release of the last remaining hostage, Brad Pullen, manager of the Illinois Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust.

The suspect in the bank is in police custody.

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