Film producer, Charles Belk was getting ready to attend an Emmy's pre-party on Friday when he was arrested and held for six hours by cops in Beverly Hills, who said he “fit the description”of a black bank robber.
Belk, 51, was pulled over as he left a restaurant to top up a parking meter on Wilshire Boulevard. He wasn’t told why he had been arrested and was denied a phone call. He was then booked on $100,000 bail and was treated with contempt by the arresting officers who had to release him just before midnight after they reviewed the video and realized that the bank robbery suspect bore no resemblance to him, according to KTLA.
Belk shared the pic of himself sitting on the curb, legs crossed while cops stood guard over him. The pic has been re-shared almost 30,000 times on the social media.
Belk, took to Facebook to express his deep disappointment and concern over his arrest. He said he understood officers were doing their job but he was shocked because no one reviewed the video earlier.
After Belk's release, the Beverly Hills Police Department issued a statement on Monday in which they claimed that officers were investigating an armed robbery at a nearby Citibank and arrested Belk because “he matched the physical characteristics of the second suspect and was in the area of the bank shortly after the robbery.”
An eyewitness to the robbery allegedly identified Belk as an accomplice, leading to his detention. The Beverly Hills Police Department said that they have apologized to Belk.
“The Beverly Hills Police Department regrets the inconvenience to Mr. Belk, but was under obligation to thoroughly verify that he was not the suspect before releasing him."
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