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Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Churak, Robert Mahlon
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9/10/1975 pg. 1 Law enforcement officers inspect the auto driven by Robert Churak, who gave his address as Niles, Ill., the prime suspect in the Tuesday afternoon robbery of the Parkmor Plaza branch of the First National Bank. View looking north in front of 311 S. Main St., Goshen, IN.
Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Churak, Robert Mahlon
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Churak, shown at right in police car after his arrest, was stopped in the 300 block of S. Main St. in Goshen around 1:30 p.m. All $721 taken in the robbery was recovered. Churak was to appear this morning before a U.S. Magistrate in South Bend on federal bank robbery charges. Elkhart Juvenile Detective Al Moses was credited by FBI agents with apprehending the man. Moses had just delivered a juvenile offender to the detention center in Goshen, recognized the getaway car from police radio descriptions, gave chase and then helped other pursuing police units zero in on the getaway car from his police car radio.
Robert M. Churak in police car in front of 311 S. Main St., Goshen, IN. Robert Churak, who gave his address as Niles, Ill., the prime suspect in the Tuesday afternoon robbery of the Parkmor Plaza branch of the First National Bank.
Police car in front of 311 S. Main St., Goshen, IN. Robert Churak, who gave his address as Niles, Ill., the prime suspect in the Tuesday afternoon robbery of the Parkmor Plaza branch of the First National Bank.
