An elderly Florida man charged with the armed robbery of an Arizona credit union that capture national media attention will remain in federal custody.
During a detention hearing Tuesday, a U.S. District court magistrate judge in Tucson ordered Robert Francis Krebs be held in jail pending his trial. Federal authorities determined Krebs to be a "risk of nonappearance" for future court hearings if he were to be released on bail.
The case attracted national headlines after Tucson police reported Krebs was 80 years old. Police noted that it was very rare for a man of his age to be charged with armed bank robbery.
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