Pair Take 1-Year-Old to Credit Union Robbery: Police

Royal Oak, Mi — Two men accused of robbing a Royal Oak credit union Thursday morning are in custody and the 1-year-old child of one of them is in protective custody, police said.

One of the two men entered the Community Choice Credit Union, 1709 Crooks Road, about 11:50 a.m. Thursday and passed a note to a teller demanding money, Royal Oak Police Lt. Dave Clemens said in a news release.

After receiving the undisclosed amount of money, he ran to a nearby vehicle driven by the second suspect and they fled the area, Clemens said.

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A witness who saw the first suspect run from the credit union to the vehicle called 911 and was able to give police a description of the vehicle and its direction of travel, Clemens said.

Police arrested the driver without incident, and the child was taken into custody while other officers pursued the second suspect. He also was taken into custody without incident.

The suspects, ages 20 and 21 and both of Detroit, were taken into custody on bank robbery charges. If convicted, they could face life in prison.

The investigation is continuing, Clemens said