Pedro Medina
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"Pedro Luis Medina" was a Cuban refugee who was executed in Florida for the murder of a 52-year-old woman in Orlando, Florida/Orlando. The circumstances of his execution elevated objections to the use of electric chair/electrocution as a means of capital punishment.

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Fearing for their safety, the manager complied with the suspect?s demands.

At the time, the suspect asked the two bank employees who the manager was, and one of the individuals told the suspect that she was the manager.

The suspect demanded to know the location of the vault and demanded the manager open the vault.

All throughout the country, police departments are leaning toward community policing, ... When we get this type of cooperation from our citizens, it?s a feel-good situation. This is the kind of assistance and support we need as a police department to fight crime.

If we gave that information, it would hurt the case.

(Arson unit) detectives are currently investigating this as a suspicious fire.

While inside the bank.