Three Arrested After Mobile Credit Union Robbery in 2008
An archived 2008 WKRG report said three people were arrested after a robbery at a Mobile credit union led to a brief manhunt and a Theodore school lockdown.
Mobile Police said three people were arrested after a robbery at the Navigator Credit Union on Airport Boulevard near Interstate 65 in 2008. According to the report, police said two men entered the credit union with guns and covered faces, demanded money and left. Investigators said a third person drove the getaway vehicle, and the search that followed stretched across a wide swath of the city before it ended in Theodore.
The search lasted about 30 to 45 minutes from the time the robbery was reported, according to police.
Police said two suspects were found at a home on Pope Street in Theodore and that later investigation led to a third arrest.
Burroughs Elementary School was briefly placed on lockdown after staff saw police activity in the neighborhood. The school resumed normal operations shortly before the end of the day, and the lockdown ended without any incident at the school itself.
The three people were charged at the time with first-degree robbery; this archived account does not state any later court outcome.
Under Alabama law, first-degree robbery is a Class A felony, punishable by 10 to 99 years or life in prison. When a firearm or other deadly weapon is used, the minimum sentence is 20 years.
