By MONROE ROARK
Staff Writer

A suspect in last week's Fayette County bank robbery is now in custody.

According to a written statement issued by the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, Danny Eugene Daniel was picked up at approximately 11 a.m. Tuesday without incident by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Metro Fugitive Squad, which the Sheriff's Department participates in.

Authorities received information that Daniel was in the southwest Atlanta area before the arrest was made. No one directly involved in the arrest was available for comment by press time, and a spokesman for the Sheriff's Department did not know where Daniel was picked up.

Daniel, 26, allegedly robbed the Talbot State Bank on Ga. Highway 138 near the Clayton County line the morning of July 28, escaping into the woods behind the bank after a dye pack in his bag exploded. Nearly all of the money was recovered that day by law enforcement and bank officials.

Video surveillance cameras at the bank got several good images of the robber, and a good deal of evidence was left at the scene for investigators, Maj. Bruce Jordan of the Sheriff's Department said last week.

Authorities had the suspect identified at least a day before the arrest, while continuing to search for him, police said.