Charleston police lead Kerry Stephen Johnson, 52, to Kanawha County Magistrate Court on Wednesday. Johnson is accused of robbing the City National Bank branch on Bridge Road on Tuesday afternoon. He told police he was gambling at the Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro when the robbery happened, but police say he interrupted his stint at the blackjack table to rob the bank.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kerry Johnson told Charleston Police that he got to the Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro around 10 a.m. Tuesday and was there for more than six hours, until around 4:30 p.m.
But sometime around 3 p.m., police say, Johnson got up from the blackjack table, put down a $25 chip to hold his spot, and left the casino.
That’s when, police say, Johnson went to City National Bank in the South Hills neighborhood of Charleston, handed the tellers a note saying he had a bomb and a weapon, and robbed the bank.
Then Johnson went back to the casino, got his spot back at the blackjack table, and kept gambling…