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UNIONS...
THAN IN THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS
COMBINED.
AND FORT WAYNE POLICE ARE ASKING
FOR YOUR HELP CUTTING DOWN THESE
NUMBERS.
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S ERYN ROGERS
MARK AND HEATHER.
I SAT DOWN TO TALK TO FORT WAYNE
POLICE ABOUT WHAT'S
CAUSING AN INCREASE IN THESE
CRIMES.
ELEVEN BANK ROBBERIES THIS YEAR
ALONE.
SOT: THEY CONTINUE UNTIL THEY'RE
STOPPED, AND UNFORTUNATELY IN
2012, WE HAVE SEEN A SPIKE.
BANK AND CREDIT UNION ROBBERIES
OFTEN.
HAVE ONLY BEEN THREE ARRESTS.
SOT: WE BELIEVE THEY'RE
SURVEILLANCE, THEY'RE PAYING
ATTENTION TO WHO'S ARRIVING,
WHAT
TIME, HOW MANY PEOPLE.
SOT: AS THEY CONTINUE TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, THE MORE THEY WILL
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
VO: LAST YEAR, THE NORTHEAST
INDIANA
BANK ROBBERY TASK FORCE HANDLED
ONLY ONE.
THAT OUR PERPETRATORS ARE
BECOMING VIOLENT, THEY'RE
VIOLENCE, AND THAT'S VERY
FRIGHTENING.
WHEN YOU ARE ONE OF TWO OR THREE
BANK, AND YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE
POINTING A GUN AT YOU.
VO: THIS IS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
FROM THE MIDWEST AMERICA FEDERAL
CREDIT UNION ROBBERY LAST WEEK.
AND THE VERY NEXT MORNING, A
CHASE BANK WAS ROBBED.
SOT: I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE
ALL BEING COMMITTED BY THE SAME
INDIVIDUAL HAS COMMITTED MORE
THAN ONE, VERY LIKELY.
ROBBERY, THE CREDIT UNION IS
OFFERING A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR
REWARD FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO AN
ARREST, THE FBI IS OFFERING TWO
GIVE ONE THOUSAND.
SOT: THAT'S UP TO $13,000 JUST
FOR SOMEONE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
TO AN ARREST.
AND, YOU HAVE TO TELL THE
POLICE INFORMATION THEY DON'T
ENOUGH TO SIMPLY CALL AND
NOT ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE TO TELL US HOW YOU KNOW
THAT THIS PERSON, OR THOSE
ROBBERY.
VO: OFFICER RAQUEL FOSTER TOLD
FROM CAREER
CRIMINALS, AND THEY WON'T STOP
UNLESS POLICE GET HELP FROM YOU.
SOT: THE FOCUS IS REMOVING THESE
CRIMINALS OFF THE STREET.
AGAIN, THERE'S A 13-THOUSAND
DOLLAR REWARD FOR AN ARREST IN
THE
MIDWEST AMERICA CREDIT CASE, BUT
POLICE ARE ASKING IF YOU KNOW
ANYTHING
PLEASE SPEAK UP.
IN STUDIO 15, ERYN ROGERS,
NEWSCHANNEL 15.
FORT WAYNE POLICE ARE STILL