Pawleys Island man charged with Bank Robbery
Posted: 10.02.2009 at 4:20 PM

A Pawleys Island man is in the Georgetown County jail, charged with robbing a bank.

Police say 66-year-old Patrick Oneill held up the First Citizens Bank on Front Street in Georgetown around noon Thursday.

Police say shortly after he left the bank, a dye pack in the stolen cash exploded. Oneill was arrested when police spotted him in his car covered with dye.

His bond is set at $90,000.