Area police investigate two robberies Tuesday, search for suspects

Area police are investigating two robberies that occurred throughout Tuesday.

According to Mount Pleasant police, a man held up National City bank, 409 N. Mission St., around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday with an unidentified weapon.

“When he got to the teller, he indicated he had a weapon and took an unknown amount of money,” said Dave Sabuda, public information officer for the MPPD.

After the robbery, Sabuda said the suspect fled the scene and ran westbound down Crosslanes Street. No one was injured in the incident, Sabuda said, although customers were in the bank at the time.

The police unit was aided by a canine tracking unit provided by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department. The Michigan State Police Mount Pleasant Post also assisted in the investigation.

Police were still on the scene as of 12:50 p.m. Tuesday. Officials are reviewing surveillance cameras from the crime scene and waiting on photographic still images.

Shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department responded to a robbery at the Blodgett Shell gas station, 5612 E. Pickard Rd., in Union Township.

Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said a brown-haired white male, who was described as “kind of scraggly looking and not shaven,” left the gas station and drove away in an unknown direction.

Deputies were told a Monte Carlo was waiting at a neighboring McDonald’s. It is undetermined if the suspect carried a weapon.

“He did leave with some cash, but we don’t know how much,” Mioduszewski said.

The suspect in the bank robbery was described as a light-skinned male between 5 feet, 6 inches and 5 feet, 8 inches tall. He is of a smaller to medium build, was wearing a black or gray jacket with a hood and baggy jeans, and had his face covered with a white bandana.

Anyone with information regarding Tuesday morning’s robbery is asked to contact Det. Sgt. Bill Bluemer during business hours at 779-5100 and Isabella County Central Dispatch after business hours at 773-1000.

-Metro Editor Jackie Smith contributed to this report.