Gang Confesses to Violent CU Robberies

TOLEDO, Ohio – Three members of a crime robbery pleaded guilty Monday to a spree of violent credit union hold-ups that netted them almost $1 million. Two accomplices were already convicted of the spree, which terrorized employees and members at area credit unions over a three-year period. The group was responsible for two robberies at Jeep FCU, and heists at Toledo Public Schools FCU, Champion FCU, one at Standard S&L, and an attempted robbery at Toledo Police FCU, all between 1998 and 2001, but weren’t arrested until earlier this year. The suspects were charged with RICO violations for a pattern of corrupt activities, in order to allow authorities to circumvent the statute of limitations on bank robbery charges. In each robbery the strategy was the same: masked gunmen burst in right after opening and demanded money from managers, because they had access to larger sums than tellers. The five convicted were: William Wren, 30, David Booth, 38, Milo Terry, 33, John Jackson, 33, and James Wyley, 37.