LOGAN (AP) -- A suspect in two Logan bank robberies was ordered to stand trial after a bank teller testified he was the man who robbed Zions Bank on Jan. 6.
First District Judge Gordon Low on Monday advanced toward a May trial the case of Steven Fairchild, 20.Fairchild is charged with two counts of armed robbery, a first-degree felony, and was extradited last week from White Haven, Pa., where he was arrested. Fairchild has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
He is accused of robbing the First Security Bank on Main Street on Dec. 18 and the Zions Bank on 1400 North on Jan. 6.
During Monday's hearing, tellers from both banks testified that a young man gave them notes saying he had a gun. The thief showed a gun in the first robbery, the First Security teller testified.
The bandit made away with $1,200 from the First Security Bank and $2,000 from Zions, according to court documents.
Fairchild became the prime suspect after police received several tips from Cache Valley residents who had seen a surveillance camera photo in The Herald Journal newspaper and other media.
He and his wife apparently had taken a Greyhound bus to White Haven, where he was arrested at his father's home.
The judge declined to reduce Fairchild's $100,000 bail.