Suspect in July 20 bank robbery now in custody

West Bloomfield police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect alleged to have robbed a Fifth/Third Bank branch at 4747 Haggerty Road.

Detectives were informed that Douglas John Fret, 41, of Livonia, was arrested by Dearborn police officers on an unrelated charge and that he matched the description of the suspect in the robbery.

Fret is now in police custody.

The incident took place on July 20 when a man implied that he had a handgun and made off with over $700 from the bank branch.

West Bloomfield police were then able to attain a warrant from the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office.

Fret is currently being held in the Wayne County Jail and will eventually be arraigned in the 48th District Court.