Richard Johns, Jr. has been charged federally with bank robbery in connection with a February 19, 2019, bank robbery in Gallup, New Mexico.

The Gallup Police Department arrested Johns on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. FBI special agents took custody of him a short time later.

Johns, 46, had an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on Wednesday, March 6, 2019.

Johns is accused of robbing Washington Federal, 221 West Aztec Avenue, in Gallup.

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