Great Scott!
My Credit Union was robbed this morning. Yikes!
Jer
BANGOR - Just after the University Credit Union on Union Street opened its doors Monday, a young white man wearing a gray hooded sweat shirt pulled up to cover his face robbed it and walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
“At approximately 9 a.m., just shortly after opening, a white male entered the bank, and he gave a note to the teller demanding money,” Sgt. Paul Kenison, a detective with the Bangor Police Department, said outside the credit union at about 11 a.m.
The robber, who is described as between 5 feet 5 inches and 6 feet tall and between age 18 and 30, apparently left the credit union on foot. Police say the man apparently was unarmed, and no one was injured in the robbery.
“We have information that he fled on foot out the back side of the bank out toward Ohio Street,” Kenison said.
There are six apartment complexes on Ohio Street within a quarter-mile of the credit union that house hundreds of people.
The FBI is taking the lead on the robbery, since the credit union is federally insured and bank robberies are considered a federal crime. The Bangor Police Department and the Maine State Police are assisting with the investigation, Kenison said.
The credit union closed Monday while law enforcement officials did interviews and processed evidence, but it should open for business Tuesday.
“They followed procedures to a T,” Howard Dunn, the credit union’s president and chief executive officer, said of his staff Monday afternoon. “They were very, very good. It went as smoothly as it could when you have a robbery. Everything was handled correctly.”
Approximately 20 employees but no customers were in the building, located at 977 Union St., at the time of the robbery.
“We have several people who are possible suspects,” Kenison said.
As part of the investigation, police scoured the area for several hours looking for two vehicles that are associated with the possible suspects. At 1 p.m. the search for the vehicles had ended, Kenison said.
K-9 Officer Robert Angelo and Karan, a police dog, also searched the scene for just over an hour trying to pick up the scent of the robber.
Whether the robber was caught on video surveillance tapes from the credit union is information that was unavailable from the FBI.
State police were called to the scene to investigate whether the Union Street robbery is connected to a March 10 robbery at the Corinth branch of the UnitedKingfield Bank that was similar in nature, Kenison said.
In Corinth, a robber described as a 5-foot-9-inch-tall white male entered the bank and presented the teller with a note demanding cash. He also reached into his pocket to indicate he was armed, although no weapon was actually seen. The Corinth robber left the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police released a surveillance photo of the robber that was retrieved from the bank’s security system, but the case remains open.
It has been several years since a Bangor bank was robbed, Kenison said.
“It’s been about three years since the last one,” he said.
Mary Regina Elizabeth Gorsuch, 40, of Brewer robbed the Exchange Street branch of Fleet Bank, now operated by Bank of America, at gunpoint on May 6, 2002.
Bangor police arrested Gorsuch, carrying $8,304 in a bag less than five minutes after the robbery, on the Washington Street Bridge. She was convicted of the robbery several months later.
Jer
BANGOR - Just after the University Credit Union on Union Street opened its doors Monday, a young white man wearing a gray hooded sweat shirt pulled up to cover his face robbed it and walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
“At approximately 9 a.m., just shortly after opening, a white male entered the bank, and he gave a note to the teller demanding money,” Sgt. Paul Kenison, a detective with the Bangor Police Department, said outside the credit union at about 11 a.m.
The robber, who is described as between 5 feet 5 inches and 6 feet tall and between age 18 and 30, apparently left the credit union on foot. Police say the man apparently was unarmed, and no one was injured in the robbery.
“We have information that he fled on foot out the back side of the bank out toward Ohio Street,” Kenison said.
There are six apartment complexes on Ohio Street within a quarter-mile of the credit union that house hundreds of people.
The FBI is taking the lead on the robbery, since the credit union is federally insured and bank robberies are considered a federal crime. The Bangor Police Department and the Maine State Police are assisting with the investigation, Kenison said.
The credit union closed Monday while law enforcement officials did interviews and processed evidence, but it should open for business Tuesday.
“They followed procedures to a T,” Howard Dunn, the credit union’s president and chief executive officer, said of his staff Monday afternoon. “They were very, very good. It went as smoothly as it could when you have a robbery. Everything was handled correctly.”
Approximately 20 employees but no customers were in the building, located at 977 Union St., at the time of the robbery.
“We have several people who are possible suspects,” Kenison said.
As part of the investigation, police scoured the area for several hours looking for two vehicles that are associated with the possible suspects. At 1 p.m. the search for the vehicles had ended, Kenison said.
K-9 Officer Robert Angelo and Karan, a police dog, also searched the scene for just over an hour trying to pick up the scent of the robber.
Whether the robber was caught on video surveillance tapes from the credit union is information that was unavailable from the FBI.
State police were called to the scene to investigate whether the Union Street robbery is connected to a March 10 robbery at the Corinth branch of the UnitedKingfield Bank that was similar in nature, Kenison said.
In Corinth, a robber described as a 5-foot-9-inch-tall white male entered the bank and presented the teller with a note demanding cash. He also reached into his pocket to indicate he was armed, although no weapon was actually seen. The Corinth robber left the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police released a surveillance photo of the robber that was retrieved from the bank’s security system, but the case remains open.
It has been several years since a Bangor bank was robbed, Kenison said.
“It’s been about three years since the last one,” he said.
Mary Regina Elizabeth Gorsuch, 40, of Brewer robbed the Exchange Street branch of Fleet Bank, now operated by Bank of America, at gunpoint on May 6, 2002.
Bangor police arrested Gorsuch, carrying $8,304 in a bag less than five minutes after the robbery, on the Washington Street Bridge. She was convicted of the robbery several months later.