‘White Collar’ Suspect Charged in Triple Robbery Bid

FLINT, Mich. – A man charged with robbing two branches of Security FCU and preparing to rob a third–all on the day after Christmas–has a master’s degree and once worked as an executive at General Motors. Authorities said 58-year-old Alvin Parker suffers from mental illness and substance abuse. Parker was arrested while he was in a car with three other people after he was locked out of a third Security FCU branch by employees who recognized him by a description from the day’s earlier hold-ups. Parker was convicted in 2004 of charges related to a robbery at Bank One and served time in a residential treatment center for substance abuse. He is supposed to be on medical condition for a medical condition, police said during his arraignment last week.