A Warsaw man is being held without bond in the Kosciusko County Jail in connection with Friday morning's robbery of a Leesburg bank. The money has not been recovered.

Jeffrey Robert Zoll, 49, of 2 EMS B36B1 Lane, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon at his residence after police received tips from local citizens. He is preliminarily charged with strong-arm robbery and theft.

"The public was very instrumental in helping to solve this," said Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine. Although Zoll has not confessed to the crime, Rovenstine said, "there is strong evidence to indicate he did it."

Police were called to the Farmers State Bank in Leesburg shortly after 11 a.m. Friday after a man entered the bank and demanded money. Taking an undisclosed amount of cash in a plastic shopping bag, he left the bank on foot and ran east through an alley, where he got into a white Blazer-type vehicle and fled.

A local car dealership helped police identify the vehicle believed used in the robbery. Zoll apparently took the vehicle for a test drive and allegedly used it to commit the crime.

A search of Zoll's residence turned up some evidence, Rovenstine said, but the undisclosed amount of money taken was not located there.

"We are confident we have the right person and are working to tie up loose ends with the investigation," Rovenstine said.

Police said Zoll did not display a weapon or indicate during the robbery that he had a weapon.

Authorities said Zoll was convicted of a bank robbery in Decatur in 1975 and has an arrest record of minor offenses in Kosciusko County. [[In-content Ad]]