Officer charged in bank robbery

ATLANTA, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An Atlanta police officer accused in a bank heist allegedly warned the teller not to give him "the same red dye pack" as before, it was reported Wednesday.

Stanley Street, a 17-year police veteran, was charged with robbing a Wachovia bank and is suspected in two other Wachovia robberies since June -- including an earlier hit on the bank robbed Tuesday, authorities told the Atlanta Constitution Journal.

Street, wearing a ski mask, allegedly went to the bank branch hours after getting off work and demanded money with the stipulation: "Don't give me the red dye pack like you did last time," Chief Richard Pennington said.

After the robbery, the suspect carefully backed out of the bank parking lot to shield the license plate of his car, police said. But a witness read the car's tag and called it in.