Hunter
02/22/24
More details have been released about the Cedar Rapids bank robbery allegedly committed by an Iowa City man who has eventually arrested in New Orleans.
Authorities have 21-year-old Andrew Derr in custody in Linn County.
A criminal complaint indicates Derr was seen on surveillance video jumping over the counter and robbing two tellers at the Council Street Northeast branch of Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust on January 3rd.
The tellers reportedly handed Derr over $16,000 in cash, which included bait money with serial numbers. Derr put the money in a grey backpack that he allegedly was carrying back in July when he opened an account at the branch.
Authorities used traffic surveillance to track Derr driving from a nearby parking lot back to Iowa City, and were able to identify his vehicle using a License Plate Reader.
A search of Derr’s apartment allegedly found receipts for bank deposits in Westminster Maryland and a baggage claim slip from O’Hare International Airport five days after the robbery. They also found the same number of $2 bills that were taken during the robbery.
Derr had been arrested in Iowa City in December on an Obstruction of emergency Communications charge after reportedly calling 9-1-1 multiple times and asking a Johnson County dispatcher out on a date. That same month, he reportedly fell down in front of the Airliner in downtown Iowa City, then ran down the middle of Clinton Street, stopped traffic, and laid himself on the hood of a passing car. When he saw University of Iowa Police arriving, he allegedly lunged at an officer with both hands. He was charged with Public Intoxication and Assault on Persons in Certain Occupations.
For the Cedar Rapids robbery, Derr could face a prison sentence of up to fifty years.