3/19/13 - While police were able to make an arrest in one of two armed robberies Monday morning in the Brighton area, the second suspect remains at large. Brighton police say they took into custody a man believed to be responsible for holding up the BP gas station on W. Grand River near downtown Brighton at about 7:15 Monday morning. His name has not been released pending arraignment. Initially authorities thought he was also responsible for the armed robbery of a nearby bank more than two hours later, but now say that was a separate crime. The second incident occurred at the PNC Bank in Genoa Township at Grand River and Herbst Road at approximately 9:45am. The bank suspect is a white male in his 20âs standing between 5'5" and 5'7". He was wearing a black winter jacket with a hoodie underneath. The coat had unique black or blue and white stripes wrapped around the elbow area. The suspect also had a dark colored scarf around his mouth and wore dark colored sunglasses. Police say the man brandished a black semi-automatic handgun after entering the bank, jumped over the counter, grabbed an undetermined amount of cash and then fled the bank on foot, heading west on Grand River. A K-9 search failed to turn up anything. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Jim McGinty at 517-540-7999 or CRIME STOPPERS at 1-800-SPEAK-UP. (JK)
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