FBI: Fort Lauderdale bank robber also tried to steal a kiss from teller

Fort Lauderdale police investigators, along with bank security guards at the Bank of America on the 3000 block of Davie Boulevard after the bank was robbed last week.

Alexia Campbell

South Florida Sun Sentinel

3:25 p.m. EDT, August 31, 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE - First, he tackled the Bank of America security guard. Then, he punched the manager in the face. And before fleeing with $9,000, the armed robber asked a teller for a kiss, authorities say.

Police found Deatrick Daniel, 27, moments later in a nearby yard Friday with the help of a bank customer and employees, according to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI.

Daniel, of Fort Lauderdale, is accused of robbing the bank at 3030 W. Davie Blvd. around lunchtime Friday.

On Monday, he appeared at the federal courthouse and was charged with bank robbery.

According to the criminal complaint:

Daniel allegedly fought with the bank security guard in the parking lot and tried to take his gun away.

He then ran inside while the bank manager tried to call 911 and got in a scuffle with him, too. Daniel punched the manager in the face, pulled out a semiautomatic handgun and jumped over the counter.

He forced one of the tellers at gunpoint to open the cash drawers for him. Before fleeing with $9,000, Daniel took the teller into the breakroom and asked her to kiss him. The complaint didn't mention whether she did.

The bank guard, manager and a customer followed Daniel and told police he went into a neighborhood nearby. Police found him about 50 yards away hiding in a backyard.

Police were able to recover $2,000 from the yard, plus some cash scattered between the bank and the home.

Daniel was charged with bank robbery and is being held at the Broward Main Jail. He will later be taken to the Federal Detention Center in Miami