The Scottsbluff man accused of robbing a Scottsbluff bank the day before Thanksgiving has been bound over for trial following a preliminary hearing Friday in Scotts Bluff County Court.

42 year old Michael Scott will be arraigned this coming Friday in district court on charges of robbery and possession of a controlled substance. He remains in custody on $750,000 bail.

Scott also faces trial on a charge of theft by deception a theft and fraud scams involving local bank ATM cards that occurred before the bank robbery.

Scott is accused of walking into the South Beltline and Broadway branch of Valley Bank and Trust, handing a teller a note demanding cash, and jumping over the counter to take cash from a drawer.

Surveillance video indicated that he may have been armed with a knife, but the teller said she never saw a weapon and didn’t feel threatened.

Scott is one of 3 suspects in a string of fraudulent withdrawals from three Scottsbluff-area banks that were already under investigation when the bank robbery occurred.