Man charged with armed robbery at Wells Fargo ATM on 30th Street – Boulder Daily Camera

A man accused of robbing another man at a Wells Fargo ATM on 30th Street last week was arrested Monday.

Garret Kent Loter, 23, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated robbery.

He is being held on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to enter arraignment on Tuesday, according to court records.

According to an affidavit, a man later identified as Loter approached another man at the Wells Fargo ATM at 3307 30th St. on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. He was wearing a black mask and hood and was holding something the hand, which was believed to be a Palmetto State Armory Dagger 9 mm pistol.

The man later told officers that he was approached by Loter while attempting to deposit money at the ATM.

According to the affidavit, the man had just finished work and wanted to deposit his tip, but a family member said it was unsafe for him to deposit money at an ATM alone, so they drove him away from home to help him.

While he was leaving his tip, the suspect approached him, brandished a firearm and demanded that the man give him all his money. In the surveillance footage, tattoos could be seen on the gunman's right middle and ring fingers, according to the affidavit.

The man told police that he tried to complete his transaction and get his card back from the ATM before Loter approached him, but was unable to do so in time.

The man also told officers that he tried to withdraw $452 from his account about three times, but the ATM would not allow it.

He said that while he was trying to withdraw the money, he kept apologizing to Loter and begging him not to hurt him, the affidavit said. Loter then reportedly demanded that the man give him $200 and then pressed buttons to withdraw that amount from the man's account.

According to the affidavit, after grabbing the money, Loter ran north into the adjacent parking lot.

When questioned by police at the scene, the man said he thought he was going to die and was willing to give Loter anything he wanted.

After a news release was sent out to identify the armed robbery suspect, a manager at the Safeway at 3325 28th Street told police he believed the man was Loter, who had been fired for theft about six months earlier had been.

He stated that he was confident the suspect was Loter based on his exposed tattoos on his fingers, his glasses and his overall appearance, the affidavit said.

After officers searched for Loter on Instagram, they found a recent photo of him showing tattoos of the numbers one and seven on his right and middle fingers.

According to the affidavit, police later determined that the tattoos in his Instagram photo matched the suspect's tattoos in the surveillance footage.

His booking photo was not immediately available.