[MRT] Authorities find accused bank robber's 'practice notes'

MIDLAND Local law enforcement agents arrested a suspect early Friday morning at an Odessa hotel, several hours after a Midland bank was robbed.

Mark David Willmann, 42,was charged with bank robbery, a federal offense. He remains in custody of U.S. marshals after a preliminary hearing Friday at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Counts granted a temporary motion by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to hold Willmann without the possibility of bond.

During the brief hearing, the charges were explained to Willmann, and defense attorney Jason Leach, of Odessa, was appointed to represent him. The federal affidavit, which describes the robbery and subsequent investigation, was unsealed shortly after the arraignment.

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