Returning to the scene of the crime

Yes, the title is a cliche, but even cliches occasionally pop up in real life:

A Craighead County man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of bank robbery — only one month after he was acquitted of robbing the same bank, court records showed.

Oscar Reynolds, 35, Jonesboro, was arrested for allegedly robbing Liberty Bank, 765 East Matthews Ave., about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

Reynolds also was scheduled to appear in Craighead County Circuit Court on Tuesday to answer to charges of aggravated assault and aggravated robbery in the beating of an elderly Jonesboro woman inside the downtown post office last fall. Reynolds is accused of stealing the woman’s purse and her car.

A spokeswoman for the Craighead County Deputy Prosecutor’s Office in Jonesboro said Reynolds failed to appear in court Tuesday.

That's because, apparently, he was busy making a "withdrawal" from his favorite bank.

Circuit Court Judge Cindy Thyer acquitted Reynolds of bank robbery on Aug. 21 after bank employees could not positively identify Reynolds as the person who robbed them in October.

Jonesboro Police Detective Todd Nelson said Reynolds went inside the bank Tuesday and asked to open an account.

“During the transaction [Reynolds] demanded money and produced a weapon,” Nelson said, adding that the suspect robbed the clerk of an undisclosed amount of money.

I don't know a lot about robbing banks, but I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to rob the same one twice, especially after you got lucky and got away with it the first time. Unless that was what he was thinking—"Hey, this is my lucky bank, why not hit it again?"