I’ve kind of stayed away from posting every message that comes my way from DPS about some sort of crime near campus, but the most recent notable crime has taken a sort of odd turn. Just yesterday, DPS said there was an “abduction/armed robbery” at the corner of Ballard and West Cross (by one of those liquor stores down there, I presume). That story was that two EMU students drove behind the store and then were jumped by a guy with gun and told to go to a different ATM to withdraw money “from the passenger’s bank account.” The driver then dropped the gunman off. Here’s a link to the story at Annarbor.com
Well, today, DPS sent around another email saying that two EMU students have been arrested: one of the “reported victims,” and another who was involved in the “setup” of the abduction and robbery. Here’s the Annarbor.com link to that story. What it looks like to me is that the poor guy who was the passenger in the car was I believe what the criminal element refers to as “a mark.”
