FLINT, Mich. - (03/18/05) -- The wife of the local sheriff, whowas working in Family Community CU, was maced in the face andthreatened with a pistol after she followed an armed robber out ofthe credit union after Thursday's hold-up. Janett Pickell, wife ofGenesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell, was working alone in thecredit union branch when a gun-toting robber demanded money thenreached into the cash drawer and pulled out cash. Janet Pickellfollowed him out to a getaway car where an accomplice of the robbersprayed her in the face with pepper spray and confronted her with agun, before fleeing in the car.
Sheriff's Wife Maced During CURobbery
March 18, 2005, 1:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read
