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Posted on Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 12:24 p.m.

Suspect arrested in Ypsilanti Township TCF Bank robbery

By Sven Gustafson

Police said Sunday they apprehended a man suspected in the weekend robbery of a TCF Bank in Ypsilanti Township.

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The bank's surveillance camera captured this footage of the suspect during the robbery.

From WCSO

An Ypsilanti Police officer who was on patrol near Towner Street, near East Michigan Avenue and Ecorse Road, saw the man walking down the street and recognized him from the bank's surveillance footage, said Derrick Jackson, spokesman for the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office.

The suspect, a 50 year-old Ypsilanti resident, was arrested without incident, Jackson said. He will be arraigned Monday.

The robbery took place around 2:25 p.m. Saturday at the TCF Bank at 2150 Packard Road, at the corner of North Hewitt. Bank surveillance footage captured images of a man wearing dark-colored pants, a white dress shirt and tie and a red jacket.

No weapon was observed during the robbery.

Some of the money stolen was recovered during the arrest, Jackson said. The suspect is currently on parole for another bank robbery in Wayne County.

Ypsilanti police declined to comment.


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Comments

kay

Mon, Mar 18, 2013 : 2:33 p.m.

Why is a bank robber out on parole????????? The system is way to lenient!

Murf

Mon, Mar 18, 2013 : 2:12 p.m.

The fact that some of these pictures are of him at the walk up ATM which is the only ATM that this bank now has when they removed the drive up one (as they have also done with the TCF by Briarwood), makes me feel more confident about moving my money to a different bank.

brian

Mon, Mar 18, 2013 : 12:24 a.m.

YPD, the best of the best. Hats off to YPD.

nickcarraweigh

Mon, Mar 18, 2013 : 12:07 a.m.

This has the earmarks of a personal decision to opt for re-institutionalization, and who are we to second-guess? Maybe he has an unfinished tattoo. Anyway, before this guy gets out they just might have enough time to iron out the wrinkles in the Affordable Care Act.

Brad

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 11:05 p.m.

Delayed natural selection. Bank robbery is a terrible choice for criminal adventures.

anti-thug

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 8:30 p.m.

yes I had feeling the guy look like he was in his 50s, did he lose his job do to out sourcing?

In doubt

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 6:28 p.m.

Outstanding job by YPD yet again. Thanks to the officer for being on top of the game!

ms 2013

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 6:25 p.m.

good glad he is locked up luv the boys in blue they are doing a great job

TheDiagSquirrel

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 5:30 p.m.

The sad part is, if he would have walked down Towner street on a weekday, he could have applied for benefits at the DHS building, and not have to resort to bank robbery...

DBH

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 10:41 p.m.

Don't worry about it, squirrel, though I appreciate the apology. You were right on one count, though - I didn't think it was funny. And, look at you, no ellipses! I KNEW you could do it!

TheDiagSquirrel

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 10:26 p.m.

DBH (dull, bitter, humorless): I was going for humor the whole time, sorry it went over your head or that you didnt think it was funny. I cant please everybody.

DBH

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 8:09 p.m.

@Solitude, in order of your questions: #1, no; #2, no; #3, no; #4, not sure what you're referring to here, unless it's a distraction from my question to you regarding why you assumed in your reply to the squirrel that he was unemployed. Or are you also trying to emulate squirrel's lame deflection that it's just humor as well? All of your questions about my missing something are questions about circumstantial evidence, though I agree highly damning to a claim of innocence on his part (as I had stated in my last comment), though (as far as has been reported) no claim of being guilty or not guilty has been issued on behalf of the suspect and likely wouldn't be until his arraignment. All that we really know, based on the article, is that he is on parole for a previous bank robbery, that he resembles the man in the recent bank footage (he being the robber has not been established), and that some money was recovered that is reported to be from the bank robbery, though, in the absence of any information as to how that money is thought to be from the bank robbery vs. money from another source, I don't think you, I, squirrel or any other commenters currently can know for sure that the money recovered was from the robbery. We don't simply take the word of a police officer in such matters, the judicial system makes that determination. That is what I mean by critical thinking. Stop jumping to conclusions based on information you THINK you know but you actually don't know. Your questions to me are excellent examples.

Solitude

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 7:14 p.m.

@DBH, did you miss the part of the article that mentions that he was arrested because the officer recognized his face from the pictures of the robber taken from the bank cameras? Did you miss the part that said some of the stolen money was recovered during his arrest? Did you miss the part that says he is currently on parole for bank robbery? You see? We do know a few things about him. You also apparently missed the part where TheDiag did not assume anything, but you seem to have assumed quite a bit. Irony is also a form of humor, and even if you don't get it, others do.

DBH

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 7:03 p.m.

Nice try, @TDS, but I'm not buying it. Neither your original comment nor your first reply to mine is readable as a joke (although I did find your last reply to be pretty humorous). But I can understand the need to try to backpedal, as your comments are indefensible, based on premises the veracity of which currently is unknown. I would abandon them as well, had I made them. I suppose I can applaud you for that. In the future, more critical thinking, please. I do congratulate the Ypsilanti Police officer for the timely apprehension of this man and recovery of some of the money from the robbery. While the arrested suspect appears to have a high likelihood of being the person who committed the crime, we need to await the outcome of the upcoming judicial procedures before knowing with reasonable certainty that he is guilty. Comments based on an assumption of his guilt, and certainly comments about his current occupational or financial status, seem inappropriate to me, unless someone has more information on this person than has been revealed so far.

TheDiagSquirrel

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 6:32 p.m.

DBH: It was a joke. I don't know how people can be so humorless and take everything so literally, but that's just me...................

DBH

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 5:49 p.m.

Well, @TDS, that was the point implicit in my questions. You don't know anything about this fellow. So, in fact, you don't know that he was eligible to apply for benefits which (at least in your mind) would have eliminated the need to resort to bank robbery (if he is even found guilty of the crime). I don't understand why anyone comments on these stories based on assumptions created in their own minds. [I also don't understand why people end sentences with ellipses, but that's another matter.]

TheDiagSquirrel

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 5:42 p.m.

It was just an observation of coincidence of him being caught on that street. I don't know the guy or his life story, and certainly don't condone people getting state benefits when they are able to provide for themselves...

DBH

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 5:40 p.m.

@Solitude, why are you assuming he isn't already employed?

DBH

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 5:36 p.m.

What makes you think he is eligible for any benefits, or that he hasn't already applied and been rejected, or that he isn't now receiving benefits and robbed the bank anyway?

Solitude

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 5:33 p.m.

The sad part is, if he'd dressed like that and applied for a job at Target, he'd be employed now and we wouldn't have to support him at all. I'd rather feed someone who thinks robbing banks is a good idea in jail

Martha Cojelona Gratis

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 5:24 p.m.

Great work by everyone involved!

Solitude

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 5:03 p.m.

Another outstanding job by YPD.

WalkingJoe

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 4:50 p.m.

Good work by an alert Ypsi officer. Just wondering one thing though, was he still wearing the shirt and tie?

Paula Gardner

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 9:46 p.m.

I wondered, too!

Reason

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 : 9:14 p.m.

Great comment!