Man Arrested in Gregg County Bank Robbery

LIBERTY CITY – A suspect is in custody in connection with Friday’s robbery of the First National Bank of Hughes Springs in Liberty City. Charged with aggravated robbery is Hector Camargo age 48 of Kilgore. He is currently in the Gregg County Jail under a $100,000 bond. The robbery occurred around 12:30 Friday afternoon at the bank at the intersection of FM 1252 and Old Highway 135. Investigators began looking for a subject described as a white or Hispanic male, average build with a mustache, in his late 40s to early 50s, wearing a light gray colored shirt and faded pants who left the scene on foot and later entered a white Chevrolet Avalanche with a black bumper guard. Shortly after 2:45 that afternoon the Gregg County Sheriff’s Office received information that a person meeting the description was located at a business on Cotton Street in Longview. He was picked up by a state trooper on an unrelated charge. After searching his vehicle Camargo was charged with the robbery.