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Police seek suspect after robbery at Credit Union ATM

A robbery at a Credit Union ATM on Saturday has lead to one arrest and a request for public's help in identifying a second suspect.
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Thunder Bay Police Service investigate robbery at the Copperfin Credit Union. (Police handout)
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THUNDER BAY POLICE SERVICE
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The Thunder Bay Police Service is requesting public assistance in identifying a suspect connected to a recent robbery at a credit union ATM.

The original incident occurred on Saturday, May 30 at about 10:20 a.m. at the Copperfin Credit Union at 71 Algoma Street South.

Police learned the victim was retrieving money from an ATM at the credit union. When the money was issued by the machine the victim was pushed by one of two males who were inside the vestibule.

The money was taken and the accused males fled the area.

As a result of an ongoing investigation by members of the Break and Enter And Robbery (BEAR) Unit, one of the two males connected to this incident was identified, located and charged. The second male remains at-large and police are still working toward positively identifying him.

The unidentified suspect is described as being an Indigenous male believed to be 20-to-30 years of age. He wore blue jeans, khaki boots, a black shirt, black baseball cap and sunglasses at the time of the incident.

Investigators have obtained surveillance footage showing the suspect.

An image is being released to the public in hopes the suspect can be positively identified.

If you have any information that could assist investigators in identifying this suspect please call police at 684-1200 or submit tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.




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