Elderly man with a cane robbed Pensacola bank, police say

Elderly man with a cane robbed Pensacola bank, police say

An elderly man who walks with a cane robbed a downtown Pensacola, Fla., bank Friday morning, according to the Pensacola Police Department.

Police say shortly before 10 a.m. Friday 74-year-old Randall Lawrence Digsby of Pensacola walked into the Synovus Bank on W. Romana Street and, brandishing a knife, demanded cash from a teller.

The teller complied and handed over what police said was a small amount of cash. Digsby was apprehended by police just outside the bank — two minutes after he robbed it, police said. No one was injured during the incident.

Digsby is now in the Escambia County (Fla.) Jail, being held without bond on charges of armed robbery and aggravated assault. He is scheduled in Escambia County Circuit Court on Jan. 26.

If convicted of armed robbery, Digsby faces up to 30 years in state prison under Florida law. An aggravated assault charge carries a maximum sentence of five years.