Rome man charged with Synovus bank robbery
44-year-old Michael Brennan Hyde of 45 View Drive in Rome has been charged in connection with the robbery of the Synovus bank, 800 Shorter Ave., last week.
Rome police have arrested the man they say robbed the Synovus bank on Shorter Avenue last week.
Assistant Police Chief Debbie Burnett said Sunday that 44-year-old Michael Brennan Hyde of 45 View Drive in Rome has been charged in connection with the crime.
A search began last Tuesday after the Synovus bank branch, 800 Shorter Ave., was robbed. Authorities later released a video of the suspect.
Just before 3 p.m., a white male entered the Synovus bank branch on Shorter Avenue in West Rome and took approximately $1,000 before fleeing, according to Rome police.
Burnett said a white male wearing a blue sweatshirt robbed the bank and fled on foot in the direction of North Hughes Street. At the time, it was not known if there was a weapon involved.
“Thankfully nobody was physically harmed,” Synovus Rome President Scott Preston said.
He said the suspect may have been wearing a ball cap and it appeared as if the man had brownish hair. “But that was kind of hard to tell because of the cap.”
According to Floyd County Jail reports, Hyde ordered the teller to empty out her cash drawer while holding what she perceived to be a firearm in the front pocket of the hoodie he was wearing.
Detectives and a K9 unit were dispatched to the scene immediately following the robbery.
Hyde remained in jail Sunday afternoon without bond, charged with felony armed robbery as well as a probation violation.