The 42-year-old man accused of robbing an Ann Arbor bank last Wednesday admitted to robbing three other banks in the Bay City and Saginaw areas recently, records show.
James Brackenbury
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James William Brackenbury will be charged in federal court for the incidents, an affidavit filed Monday indicates.
Police released these security camera images of a man who robbed the Fifth Third Bank on Stadium Boulevard July 24.
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Brackenbury is accused of approaching the teller counter and pointing a black semiautomatic weapon at two bank employees.
“Give me all your large bills,” he said, according to the affidavit.
The robber wasn’t content with the amount of money he was receiving, however.
“That’s not enough, give me more,” he said, according to records.
The tellers placed $9,600 on the counter, and the robber grabbed it and walked out, the affidavit states.
Investigators subsequently interviewed witnesses and released a suspect and vehicle description to the media.
Working on a tip they received, Ann Arbor police arrested Brackenbury at a Lansing-area Courtyard by Marriot Saturday. The affidavit states he was in possession of crack cocaine and a crack pipe.
Once in police custody, Brackenbury admitted to robbing the Fifth Third Bank with what he described as a BB gun. He also told authorities he has robbed a total of four banks starting in June, the affidavit states.
He claimed responsibility for a robbery at the First Merit Bank in Essexville on June 27, a Community State Bank in Birch Run on July 3 and the Sunrise Family Credit Union in Bay City on July 5, according to the affidavit.
Records show Brackenbury was granted a federal public defender.
U.S. Magistrate Mona Majzoub signed a detention order that will keep Brackenbury in custody pending trial.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.