Troopers arrest suspects in Jackson bank robbery with aid from Ann Arbor police
The Citizens Bank branch on East Michigan Avenue, at the corner of Pleasant Street, in Jackson was robbed late Tuesday morning.
J. Scott Park | MLive.com
Michigan State Police troopers arrested three men near Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport after they allegedly robbed a bank in Jackson and were spotted driving through Washtenaw County by an Ann Arbor police detective.
Michigan State Police Sgt. Chris Pascoe said the three men are the prime suspects in a robbery at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at a Citizen’s Bank in Jackson, 1712 E. Michigan Ave. Two men fled the area in a white Ford Bronco with an undisclosed amount of money, according to a report in the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
An Ann Arbor police detective in an unmarked car, alerted by a “be on the lookout” call, spotted the suspects' vehicle, Pascoe said.
The detective then radioed state police troopers, who pursued the suspects through the rest of Washtenaw County, eventually making the arrests near the airport in Wayne County.
The Citizen Patriot reported the bank robbery suspects were armed with handguns.
Pascoe said all of the money was recovered during the traffic stop.
Ann Arbor police provided back up for the state police troopers while they made the arrest. The two agencies are now working with the Jackson Police Department on the rest of the investigation.
Pascoe was still working to find out details of the pursuit and was not sure about the speeds involved in the chase or details of how the traffic stop took place.
More information was expected on the stop later Tuesday afternoon.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
RJA
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 : 11:59 p.m.
I heard this robbery and chase go down. (nobody got crazy) It is great how the dispatcher and all law inforcement handled this bank robbery. GREAT, great job to all !!
Peregrine
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 : 10:40 p.m.
@ranger007: Seriously? How many minutes would you be spending in a bank on a weekly basis? From that, now determine what you think the odds are that you'd be in the bank during a robbery? What about the odds of being injured during a bank robbery? I think you, like the people fearful of the underground parking structure, are experiencing "Mean World Syndrome". See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome .
ranger007
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 : 7:20 p.m.
And this is the reason I don't go into banks..drive thru only for me.
Dennis
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 : 9:20 p.m.
You don't go into banks because you are afraid that someone will come in and rob the bank while you are there? That pretty funny
treetowncartel
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 : 6:52 p.m.
A white Ford Bronco? Might be better off in a late model car next time, not too many bBronco's on the road and then you go and pcik OJ's color.
Superior Twp voter
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 : 6:41 p.m.
Awesome police work!