Arrest made in Tigard bank deposit scheme

TIGARD, Ore. (AP) _ A Vancouver, Wash., man has been arrested on accusations he posed as a security guard and scammed customers at an Oregon bank.

Sterling W. Hooten, 20, turned himself in at the Washington County Jail on Friday, Tigard police said. Hooten was charged with theft.

Investigators said Hooten and a man still at large made off with hundreds of dollars by standing outside a night deposit slot on Aug. 15 and persuading people to hand over their money because the slot wasn't working.

Tigard police said the men offered to make the deposits for customers at the Washington Square branch of Wells Fargo bank when the bank reopened the next morning.

Police said the men wore blue uniforms and had security badges, identification cards and guns. The night deposit slot was covered by a blue engraved sign saying it was out of order.