JENSEN BEACH, Fla. — The Martin County Sheriff's Office have arrested a suspect accused of robbing a bank Saturday morning in Jensen Beach.
Deputies say that after 9 a.m., the suspect entered the Chase Bank and demanded money. He did not display a weapon, but repeatedly grabbed his waistband, indicating he may have been armed. The suspect then fled south on Federal Highway in a black SUV.
Lee Kilgore, 64, of West Palm Beach, was stopped by patrol deputies shortly after the robbery. Detectives found cash in his vehicle, along with the clothes worn during the robbery.
Kilgore has an extensive criminal history spanning several decades in Ohio and Florida, including charges of armed bank robbery, for which he was sentenced to almost six years in federal prison.
Kilgore was then arrested in 2021 in West Palm Beach for robbery with a firearm and was acquitted in 2025.
He will now be charged with unarmed bank robbery.
