CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Two men were arrested here early Wednesday after a woman told a teller at State Employees CU she was in trouble.
Police said the men, whom she knew, made her drive to the credit union on the outskirts town and they demanded she drive to the credit union and withdraw money.
Instead, she told a teller she needed help.
The men were found in a car outside the credit union, according to police.
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