Thunder Bay Police are linking the robbery of a north side credit union last week to a similar incident at the same facility back in April.
The most recent robbery happen this past Friday when a man entered Apple Credit Union on North Cumberland Street with what police are calling a hand gun. The suspect then made off win an undisclosed amount of cash. Detective Gordon Boyes says the robber matches the same description to the person who staged another robbery on April 6 of this year.
In both robberies the man was well over six feet tall, wearing a black balaclava and carrying a long-barrelled hand gun. The suspect was also driving a well kept silver Pontiac Montana Boyes said. In both cases, the suspect drove South on Cumberland after robbing the bank just after 2 p.m. he added.
Police are also still investigating an armed robbery at a Simpson Street convenience store on Sunday. Anyone with information on either of these incidents is being asked to call Thunder Bay Police or Crime Stoppers.
