The $1.4 billion Ascend Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Tullahoma, Tenn., made headlines when one of its branches was robbed three times in three weeks, but experts in preventing bank robberies said that multiple robberies in the same location by the same thief are not unusual.
The credit union confirmed media stories about the robberies but declined to take additional questions about the incidents, citing the ongoing investigations. No one was injured in the robberies.
In each incident, a robber entered the CU's branch in Smyrna, Tenn., and implied he had a gun without actually displaying a weapon. He then demanded and received money before fleeing on foot to a car waiting nearby and speeding away.
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