Eugene case among robbery charges.Byline: Rebecca Taylor Rebecca Taylor (c. 1969–) is a New Zealand-born fashion designer based in New York, New York, U.S.. To Americans, she is probably the most famous New Zealand designer, with her label at US and European department stores. Her retail outlets include boutiques in Japan. The Register-Guard Eugene detectives helped lead the FBI to a man believed responsible for eight recent credit union robberies, including one in Eugene. Marc Timothy Rzegocki, 54, was arrested last week in Portland on a warrant for violating his federal parole. He is being held in the Multnomah County Jail. The FBI on Monday named him as the so-called "CU Tattoo" bandit bandit: see brigandage. accused of robbing six credit unions in Portland, one in Clackamas County and one in Eugene this summer. Agents came up with the nickname after noticing the robber's heavily tattooed arms in surveillance footage. Rzegocki is currently on federal parole for a prior bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. conviction, for which he served 21 years in prison, the FBI said. Eugene police developed Rzegocki as a suspect in the June 27 robbery of the Pacific Cascades Federal Credit Union on Oak Street. In that case, a man approached a teller about 11:20 a.m. and presented a note demanding cash. He did not display a weapon. Police said he fled on a bicycle. Local detectives also determined that he had violated the terms of his federal parole, providing the basis for his arrest last Tuesday Last Tuesday is a Christian melodic punk rock band hailing from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They played their final show on March 10th, 2007. Last Tuesday was formed in 1999 in Harrisburg, P.A. . Cooperation between several police agencies and a call from an anonymous tipster tipster A person who provides inside information. who recognized Rzegocki from news footage contributed to the arrest, the FBI said. "His identification by a television news viewer See syndication format. was the break we needed," Portland police detective and FBI task force member Tony Christensen said in a statement. "That tip, coupled with some good police work, quickly led to his apprehension, and, we suspect, the end of a nasty crime spree." In one case, the bandit used a getaway car getaway car n the thieves' getaway car → el coche en que huyeron los ladrones getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite bearing a license plate stolen from Eugene. The same car was used in at least two of the other robberies. Investigators believe that the suspect may have believed credit unions would be easier to rob than other banks or that the FBI would not be involved in the prosecutions of such crimes. "Clearly not the case," Christensen said. "These facilities are all protected by state and federal law, state and federal resources, and state and federal prosecutions." |
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