MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- A wheelchair-bound man who robbed a Space Coast Credit Union branch on Merritt Island Friday afternoon was arrested minutes later, and the stolen money was found in his prosthetic leg, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said.

Merritt Island resident Christopher Reed, 45, was arrested at about 4:20 p.m., 10 minutes after the bank was robbed, according to investigators.

Investigators told Local 6 News partner Florida Today that Reed, who is a paraplegic confined to a motorized wheelchair, entered the bank on the 400 block of Fortenberry Road on Merritt Island, and demanded money after telling the employees that he was armed with an explosive device.

"He left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money," Brevard County sheriff's Lt. Vic DeSantis said.

Minutes later, he was located near the 300 block of Plumosa Street on Merritt Island.

Reed told detectives that two unknown suspects had threatened him with a gun and forced him to commit the robbery.

Reed told deputies that the money had been given to those two men, according to the sheriff's office.

But several witnesses from the credit union identified Reed as the culprit and he was taken into custody, the sheriff's office said.

Deputies later found that the money taken during the robbery was concealed in Reed's prosthetic leg, DeSantis said.

All the money taken during the robbery was recovered, he said.

Reed faces charges of robbery, grand theft, threats to plant or use a hoax explosive device and aggravated assault.

"Certainly out of the ordinary," DeSantis said, referring to the incident. "He appeared to have been drinking."

A bottle of vodka also was recovered from his motorized wheelchair.

"He probably miscalculated his ability to flee the scene," DeSantis said.

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