NuUnion robber still at large

By Meredith Mayberry
Edited by Sarah Schuch, Kelly Morse and Amanda Crabtree


At about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, a man dressed completely in black, wearing a ski mask and amber ski goggles held up two bank tellers at NuUnion Credit Union.

“He was wearing those yellow dishwashing gloves, too,” said Dave Sabuda, public information officer at the Mount Pleasant Police Department.

The police were dispatched at 5:01 p.m., Sabuda said. However, according to surveillance footage, the robber entered the credit union at 4:58 p.m. and was gone by the time the police arrived on scene.

“The police need to figure out a way to get there quicker,” said Max Hawkins, a Goodrich sophomore. “It’s not right that people can put other people in danger like that and then get away with it.”

The police may not have the robber in custody, but one employee saw him get into a new black Nissan. He was last seen going southbound, Sabuda said.

Sabuda said the robber is described as a male of unknown race or ethnicity. He is about 6 feet tall with a slim build and a deep voice.

Sabuda said there are similarities between this suspect and the suspect who robbed the same bank only two months ago.

“There isn’t an official connection yet, but it’s under investigation,” he said. “It’s kind of like putting a puzzle together. It takes time.”