Credit Union Robbery Basis for Recent Supreme Court Ruling
A 2008 armed robbery at a Fort Financial FCU branch went horribly wrong when two armed thieves were deterred by the security system and fled to a nearby home. The elderly owner of the home, who was forced to move from one room to another by one of the robbers, later died of a heart attack. At issue was a 1934 law that makes it a separate crime to take a hostage in the course of robbing a financial institution. The court ruled that the robber’s actions amounted to the taking of a hostage. [1/15/15]
